Iáivé

Irish

Etymology

From Hebrew יהוה (YHVH).

Proper noun

Iáivé m (genitive Iáivé)

1. (Christianity) Jehovah, Yahweh

Declension

Declension of Iáivé (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Iáivé vocative a Iáivé genitive Iáivé dative Iáivé forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tIáivé genitive an Iáivé dative leis an Iáivé don Iáivé

Derived terms

• Finné Iáivé (“Jehovah's Witness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iáivé

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iáivé	nIáivé	hIáivé	tIáivé

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iáivé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iáivé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iáivé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025