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Ériu

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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Ériu.

Pronunciation

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  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈeːrʲiu̯/, /ˈeːrʲu/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈeːrʲə/

Proper noun

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Ériu f

  1. Ireland
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan Heriu dia aurdarcus.
      Ailbe was the dog’s name, and Ireland was full of his fame.
      Is í sein int ṡeised bruiden ro·boi i n‑Herind in tan sin []
      That is one of the six halls that were in Ireland at that time []
      (literally, “That is the sixth hall that was [] ”)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Irish: Éire
  • Manx: Nerin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Èirinn

Mutation

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Mutation of Ériu
radical lenition nasalization
Ériu unchanged nÉriu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ériu f

  1. Ireland (a country and island in Europe)
    Synonyms: Banba, Elg, Fódla

Declension

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Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Ériu
Vocative Ériu
Accusative ÉrinnN
Genitive Érenn
Dative ÉrinnL, ÉriuL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of Ériu
radical lenition nasalization
Ériu
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged nÉriu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 95
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 107