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Webster 1913 Edition
eire
eire
,Noun.
Air.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2025
Éire
Éire
Irish
Alternative forms
- Éirinn (Cois Fharraige)
Proper noun
Éire f (genitive Éireann)
- Ireland (both the island and the republic)
Inflection
Declension of Éire
Fifth declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Usage notes
The definite article is used only in the genitive case. This is one of the few nouns in Irish with a distinct dative case in the standard language.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Éire | nÉire | hÉire | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||