Eoraip

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Eóraip, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːɾəpʲ/

Proper noun

An Eoraip f (genitive Na hEorpa)

1. Europe

Declension

Declension of Eoraip (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Eoraip vocative a Eoraip genitive Eorpa dative Eoraip forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Eoraip genitive na hEorpa dative leis an Eoraip don Eoraip

Derived terms

• An Eoraip Láir f (“Central Europe”)
• Eorpach (“European”, adjective)
• Eorpach m (“European”)
• Oirthear na hEorpa m (“Eastern Europe”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eoraip

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eoraip	nEoraip	hEoraip	not applicable

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) “Eoraip”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Eóraip”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eoraip”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Eoraip”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024