Ailgéir

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ailgéir f (genitive na hAilgéire)

1. Algeria

   Synonym: Daon-Phoblacht Dhaonlathach na hAilgéire

Declension

Declension of Ailgéir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Ailgéir Ailgéira Vocative a Ailgéir a Ailgéira Genitive Ailgéire Ailgéir Dative Ailgéir Ailgéira

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Ailgéir na hAilgéira Genitive na hAilgéire na nAilgéir Dative leis an Ailgéir don Ailgéir leis na hAilgéira

Derived terms

• Ailgéarach (“Algerian”, adjective)
• Ailgéarach m (“Algerian”)
• Cathair na hAilgéire f (“Algiers”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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