ires

See also: IRES and Irēs

English

Verb

ires

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ire

Anagrams

• EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, reis, rise, sire

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French

Noun

ires f

1. plural of ire

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Galician

Verb

ires

1. second-person singular personal infinitive of ir

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) īrēs

1. second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of eō

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hires, iress, iraes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈirʲes/

Noun

ires f (genitive irisse)

1. faith
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^c41

     Nídan chumachtig for n‑irisse.

     We are not potent over your faith.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18^d14

     Ní airegdu a persan-som ol·daas persan na n‑abstal olchene, ceto thoísegu i n‑iriss.

     Their persons are not more eminent than the persons of the rest of the apostles, though they are prior in faith.

     (literally, “Their person is not … than the person of …”)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	iresL	—	—
Vocative	iresL	—	—
Accusative	irisN	—	—
Genitive	irisseH	—	—
Dative	irisL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: iris (“faith, religion”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ires (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ires
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ires(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Portuguese

Verb

ires

2. second-person singular present subjunctive of irar
3. second-person singular negative imperative of irar

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Spanish

Particle

ires

1. Only used in ires y venires

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Tarifit

Alternative forms

• ⵉⵔⴻⵙ (ires)

Etymology

Compare Kabyle iles ("tongue")

Noun

ires m (pl irsawen, construct state yires)

1. tongue
2. language