Éire

See also Eire

Irish

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Etymology

From Old Irish Ériu, from Proto-Celtic *ɸīwerjō (compare Middle Welsh Iwerd (“Irish Sea”)), from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, likely related to *fat (compare Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pī́varī, “fat, rich”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈeːɾʲə]

Proper noun

Éire f

1. Ireland (both the island and the republic)

Inflection

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Nominative Éire Vocative a Éire Genitive Éireann Dative Éirinn

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative not used Genitive na hÉireann Dative not used

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Éire	nÉire	hÉire	tÉire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Usage notes

Éire is one of the few nouns in Irish with a distinct dative case in the standard language.

Derived terms

• Saorstát Éireann