Peirsis

Irish

Etymology

From an Pheirs (“Persia”) +‎ -is (“-ish, -ese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɛɾʲʃɪʃ/

Proper noun

Peirsis f (genitive Peirsise)

1. the Persian language

Declension

Declension of Peirsis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Peirsis Vocative a Pheirsis Genitive Peirsise Dative Peirsis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Pheirsis Genitive na Peirsise Dative leis an bPeirsis don Pheirsis

Related terms

• Peirseach (“Persian”, adjective)
• Peirseach m (“Persian person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Peirsis	Pheirsis	bPeirsis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Peirsis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Peirsis on the Irish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ga
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Peirsis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Peirsis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024