Ísiltír

See also: ísiltír

Irish

Etymology

íseal (“low”) +‎ tír (“land”), calque of Dutch Nederland

Proper noun

an Ísiltír f (genitive na hÍsiltíre)

  1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten; official name: Ríocht na hÍsiltíre)

Declension
Declension of Ísiltír

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Ísiltír
Vocative a Ísiltír
Genitive Ísiltíre
Dative Ísiltír

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Ísiltír
Genitive na hÍsiltíre
Dative leis an Ísiltír

don Ísiltír

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Ísiltír nÍsiltír hÍsiltír not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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