Eastóin

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Estonia.

Proper noun

An Eastóin f (genitive na hEastóine)

1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

   Synonym: Poblacht na hEastóine

Declension

Declension of Eastóin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Eastóin vocative a Eastóin genitive Eastóine dative Eastóin forms with the definite article singular nominative an Eastóin genitive na hEastóine dative leis an Eastóin don Eastóin

Derived terms

• Eastóinis f (“the Estonian language”)
• Eastónach (“Estonian”, adjective)
• Eastónach m (“an Estonian person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eastóin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eastóin	nEastóin	hEastóin	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

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