Airgintín

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Proper noun

An Airgintín f (genitive na hAirgintíne)

1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Poblacht na hAirgintíne)

Declension

Declension of Airgintín

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Airgintín Vocative a Airgintín Genitive Airgintíne Dative Airgintín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Airgintín Genitive na hAirgintíne Dative leis an Airgintín don Airgintín

Derived terms

• Airgintíneach (“Argentinean”, adjective)
• Airgintíneach m (“Argentinean”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Airgintín	nAirgintín	hAirgintín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Argentina”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Airgintín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm