Ísiltír

See also: ísiltír

Irish

Etymology

íseal (“low”) +‎ tír (“land”), calque of Dutch Nederland

Proper noun

an Ísiltír f (genitive na hÍsiltíre)

1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten; official name: Ríocht na hÍsiltíre)

Declension

Declension of Ísiltír (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Ísiltír vocative a Ísiltír genitive Ísiltíre dative Ísiltír forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Ísiltír genitive na hÍsiltíre dative leis an Ísiltír don Ísiltír

Derived terms

• Ísiltíreach
• Ísiltíris

Related terms

• Dúitseach
• Ollainn

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ísiltír

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ísiltír	nÍsiltír	hÍsiltír	not applicable

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