Eilvéis

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Helvētia. Compare Scottish Gaelic Eilbheis, Manx Elveeish.

Proper noun

An Eilvéis f (genitive na hEilvéise)

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; official name: Cónaidhm na hEilvéise)

Declension

Always found with the definite article

Declension of Eilvéis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eilvéis
Vocative	a Eilvéis
Genitive	Eilvéise
Dative	Eilvéis

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Eilvéis
Genitive	na hEilvéise
Dative	leis an Eilvéis don Eilvéis

Derived terms

Eilvéiseach
franc na hEilvéise m (“Swiss franc”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eilvéis	nEilvéis	hEilvéis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Entries containing “Eilvéis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “Eilvéis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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