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éirí

éirí

See also: eiri and Eiri

Irish

Alternative forms

éirghe (obsolete)
éirghiú

Noun

éirí m ‎(genitive singular éirí)

verbal noun of éirigh
rising, rise

éirí (na) gealaí‎ ― moonrise

éirí (na) gréine‎ ― sunrise
(physiology) erection

Declension

Declension of éirí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	éirí
Vocative	a éirí
Genitive	éirí
Dative	éirí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-éirí
Genitive	an éirí
Dative	leis an éirí don éirí

Derived terms

aiséirí

Verb

éirí

present subjunctive of éirigh
go n-éirí an bóthar leat‎
May the journey be successful for you (popularly mistranslated as "May the road rise to meet you"), bon voyage

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éirí	n-éirí	héirí	t-éirí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“éirge” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 5.
Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 252.
"éirí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.