Aetóip

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Aetóip f (genitive na hAetóipe)

1. Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht Dhaonlathach Chónaidhme na hAetóipe

Declension

Declension of Aetóip (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Aetóip vocative a Aetóip genitive Aetóipe dative Aetóip forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Aetóip genitive na hAetóipe dative leis an Aetóip don Aetóip

Derived terms

• Aetópach (“Ethiopian”, adjective)
• Aetópach m (“Ethiopian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Aetóip

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aetóip	nAetóip	hAetóip	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Ethiopia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Aetóip”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm