ireas

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”).

Noun

ireas m (genitive singular iris, nominative plural iris)

1. (botany) iris

Declension

Declension of ireas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ireas iris vocative a iris a ireasa genitive iris ireas dative ireas iris forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ireas na hiris genitive an iris na n-ireas dative leis an ireas don ireas leis na hiris

Synonyms

• glóiriam m

Related terms

• feileastram m (“(wild) iris, flag”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ireas f (genitive singular irise)

1. Alternative form of iris (“belief, faith, religion”)

Declension

Declension of ireas (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ireas vocative a ireas genitive irise dative ireas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ireas genitive na hirise dative leis an ireas don ireas

Mutation

Mutated forms of ireas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ireas	n-ireas	hireas	t-ireas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ireas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN