Iáivé

Irish

Etymology

From Hebrew יהוה (YHVH).

Proper noun

Iáivé m (genitive Iáivé)

1. (Christianity) Jehovah, Yahweh

Declension

Declension of Iáivé

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tIáivé Genitive an Iáivé Dative leis an Iáivé don Iáivé

Derived terms

• Finné Iáivé (“Jehovah's Witness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iáivé	nIáivé	hIáivé	tIáivé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iáivé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iáivé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iáivé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024