éirí

See also: eiri, Eiri, and EIRI

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish éirge (verbal noun of éirgid (“to rise”)), from Old Irish éirge (verbal noun of at·reig (“to rise”)).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

éirí m (genitive singular éirí)

  1. verbal noun of éirigh
  2. rising, rise
    éirí (na) gealaí ― moonrise
    éirí (na) gréine ― sunrise
  3. (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

Verb

éirí

  1. 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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  1. “éirí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “éirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 197, page 99
  4. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 252
  5. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 5

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