Airgintín

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Proper noun

An Airgintín f (genitive na hAirgintíne)

1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Poblacht na hAirgintíne)

Declension

Declension of Airgintín (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Airgintín vocative a Airgintín genitive Airgintíne dative Airgintín forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Airgintín genitive na hAirgintíne dative leis an Airgintín don Airgintín

Derived terms

• Airgintíneach (“Argentinean”, adjective)
• Airgintíneach m (“Argentinean”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Airgintín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Airgintín	nAirgintín	hAirgintín	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

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