ireas

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ireas m (genitive singular iris, nominative plural iris)

(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”)

Noun

ireas f (genitive singular irise)

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

Declension

Declension of ireas

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ireas	n-ireas	hireas	t-ireas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"ireas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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