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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of Peirsis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Peirsis	Pheirsis	bPeirsis

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) “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