Iiri

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈiˑri/, [ˈiˑri]
  • Rhymes: -iˑri
  • Hyphenation: Ii‧ri

Adjective

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Iiri (indeclinable)

  1. Irish (pertaining to the country or island of Ireland, its politics or geography)
    Near-synonym: (pertaining to the nation of Ireland and its people) iiri
    Iiri valitsusthe Irish government

Proper noun

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Iiri (genitive Iiri, partitive Iirit)

  1. Ireland (a country in Europe)
    Synonym: Iirimaa

Declension

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Declension of Iiri (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Iiri
accusative nom.
gen. Iiri
genitive
partitive Iirit
illative Iirri
Iirisse
inessive Iiris
elative Iirist
allative Iirile
adessive Iiril
ablative Iirilt
translative Iiriks
terminative Iirini
essive Iirina
abessive Iirita
comitative Iiriga

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • Iiri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • Iiri”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009