īrs
Appearance
See also: IRS
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via some other European language (probably Germanic; cf. Old Norse írar, Old English Īras, German Ire), ultimately from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”) (Irish Éire).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]īrs m (1st declension, feminine form: īriete)
- an Irishman
- tikties ar īriem ― to meet with Irishmen
- īri ir viena no Eiropas nācijām, kas cēlusies no ķeltiem ― the Irish are one of the nations of Europe that descend from the Celts
- Džordžs Bernards Šovs, pēc tautības īrs, dzimis Dublinā ― George Bernard Shaw, by ethnicity an Irishman, was born in Dublin
- (genitive plural) Irish, pertaining to Ireland and its people
- īru valoda ― the Irish language
- īru literatūra ― Irish literature
Declension
[edit]Declension of īrs (1st declension)