Ailgéir

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ailgéir f (genitive na hAilgéire)

1. Algeria (a country in North Africa; official name: Daon-Phoblacht Dhaonlathach na hAilgéire)

Declension

Declension of Ailgéir (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ailgéir Ailgéira vocative a Ailgéir a Ailgéira genitive Ailgéire Ailgéir dative Ailgéir Ailgéira forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Ailgéir na hAilgéira genitive na hAilgéire na nAilgéir dative leis an Ailgéir don Ailgéir leis na hAilgéira

Derived terms

• Ailgéarach (“Algerian”, adjective)
• Ailgéarach m (“Algerian”)
• Cathair na hAilgéire f (“Algiers”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ailgéir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ailgéir	nAilgéir	hAilgéir	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

• “Algeria”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ailgéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm