Singeapór

Irish

Etymology

From English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ पुर (pura, “city”).

Proper noun

Singeapór m (genitive Shingeapór)

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony; official name: Poblacht Shingeapór)

Derived terms

• Singeapórach (“Singaporean”, adjective)
• Singeapórach m (“Singaporean”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Singeapór	Shingeapór after an, tSingeapór	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Singapore”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024