Iiri

Estonian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiˑri/, [ˈiˑri]
  • Rhymes: -iˑri
  • Hyphenation: Ii‧ri

Adjective

Iiri (indeclinable)

  1. Irish (pertaining to the country or island of Ireland, its politics or geography)
    Near-synonym: (pertaining to the nation of Ireland and its people) iiri
    Iiri valitsusthe Irish government

Proper noun

Iiri (genitive Iiri, partitive Iirit)

  1. Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)
    Synonym: Iirimaa

Declension

Declension of Iiri (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Iiri
accusative nom.
gen. Iiri
genitive
partitive Iirit
illative Iirri
Iirisse
inessive Iiris
elative Iirist
allative Iirile
adessive Iiril
ablative Iirilt
translative Iiriks
terminative Iirini
essive Iirina
abessive Iirita
comitative Iiriga

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Iiri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • Iiri”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009