Peirs

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲɛɾʲʃ/

Proper noun

An Pheirs f (genitive na Peirs)

1. Persia

Usage notes

• Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Peirs (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Peirs vocative a Pheirs genitive Peirse dative Peirs forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Pheirs genitive na Peirse dative leis an bPeirs don Pheirs

Derived terms

• Impireacht na Peirse (“Persian Empire”)
• Murascaill na Peirse (“Persian Gulf”)
• Peirseach (“Persian”, adjective)
• Peirseach m (“Persian person”)
• Peirsis (“the Persian language”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Peirs

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Peirs	Pheirs	bPeirs

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) “Peirs”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Peirs”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm