Airméin

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina) (late 6th century BC); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾʲəmʲeːnʲ/

Proper noun

An Arméin f (genitive na hAirméine)

1. Armenia

   Synonym: Poblacht na hAirméine

Declension

Declension of Arméin

Second declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Arméin Genitive na hArméine Dative leis an Arméin don Arméin

Derived terms

• Airméanach (“Armenian”, adjective)
• Airméanach m (“Armenian”)
• Airméinis f (“the Armenian language”)

 

Related terms

• Poblacht na Nagarna-Carabaice f (“Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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