írar
See also: irar and iRaR
Old Norse
Etymology
From Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”).
Noun
írar m pl
- Irishmen, the Irish
Declension
Declension of írar, (weak an-stem, plural only)
| masculine | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | írar | írarnir |
| accusative | íra | írana |
| dative | írum | írunum |
| genitive | íra | íranna |
Related terms
- Írland
- írska f (“the Irish tongue”)
- írskr (“Irish”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: Íri
- Faroese: íri
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ire
- Norwegian Bokmål: ire
- → Old English: Īras
References
- Írar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press