Gearmáin
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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish Germáin, from Latin Germānia.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟaɾˠəˈmˠɑːnʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɟɛɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/[2]
- (Connemara, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠaːnʲ/
Proper noun
An Ghearmáin f (genitive na Gearmáine)
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhme na Gearmáine)
Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Declension
Declension of Gearmáin
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- an Ghearmáin Thiar (“West Germany”)
- an Ghearmáin Thoir (“East Germany”)
- Gearmáinis f (“German (language)”)
- Gearmánach (“German”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Gearmáin | Ghearmáin | nGearmáin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Germáin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
Further reading
- “Germany”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gearmáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm