Εἰρήνη

See also: ειρήνη, Ειρήνη, and εἰρήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /iˈri.ni/ → /iˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈre̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/

Proper noun

Εἰρήνη • (Eirḗnē) f (genitive Εἰρήνης); first declension

1. Irene

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Εἰρήνη; τῆς Εἰρήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εἰρήνη hē Eirḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Εἰρήνης tês Eirḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Εἰρήνῃ têi Eirḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Εἰρήνην tḕn Eirḗnēn
Vocative	Εἰρήνη Eirḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Breton: Eirene
• → Bulgarian: Ирина (Irina)
• → Catalan: Irene
• → Czech: Irena
• → Dutch: Irene
• → English: Irene
• → Finnish: Irene
• → French: Irène
• → Galician: Irene
• → German: Eirene
• Greek: Ειρήνη (Eiríni)
• → Hungarian: Eiréné
• → Italian: Irene
• → Japanese: エイレーネー (​Eirēnē)
• → Korean: 이레네 (irene)
• → Latin: Irene
• → Polish: Irena
• → Portuguese: Irene, Iria
• → Romanian: Irina
• → Russian: Ирина (Irina)
• → Sicilian: Irini, Ireni (italianized)
• → Slovak: Irena
• → Spanish: Irene
• → Swedish: Irene