éirí
Irish
Alternative forms
- éirghe (superseded)
- éirghiú
Etymology
From Old Irish éirge, verbal noun of at·reig and éirgid (“rises, stands up; arises, mounts upwards, ascends, soars; grows up, matures; rises in hostility, takes up arms, rebels; attacks; starts up; arises and sets forth, proceeds”).
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈəiɾʲiː/, /ˈəiɾʲə/
Noun
éirí m (genitive singular éirí)
- verbal noun of éirigh
- rising, rise
- éirí (na) gealaí ― moonrise
- éirí (na) gréine ― sunrise
- (physiology) erection
Declension
Declension of éirí
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Verb
éirí
- 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 | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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. |
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “éirge”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 5.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 252.
- “éirġe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 284.
- "éirí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “éirí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “éirí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “éirí” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
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