Ériu
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Middle Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ériu f
- 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Ériu | unchanged | nÉriu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ériu f
Declension[edit]
| Feminine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | Ériu | — | — |
| Vocative | Ériu | — | — |
| Accusative | ÉrinnN | — | — |
| Genitive | Érenn | — | — |
| Dative | ÉrinnL, ÉriuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms[edit]
- Érennach (“Irish”)
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Ériu | unchanged | nÉriu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
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