Airméin

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /⁠armina⁠/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾʲəmʲeːnʲ/

Proper noun

an Airméin f (genitive na hAirméine)

1. Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe; official name: Poblacht na hAirméine)

Declension

Declension of Airméin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Airméin vocative a Airméin genitive Airméine dative Airméin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Airméin genitive na hAirméine dative leis an Airméin don Airméin

Derived terms

• Airméanach (“Armenian”, adjective)
• Airméanach m (“Armenian”)
• Airméinis f (“the Armenian language”)

 

Related terms

• Poblacht na Nagarna-Carabaice f (“Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Airméin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Airméin	nAirméin	hAirméin	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

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