Ἰέρνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἰϝέρνη (Iwérnē)
- Ἰϝερνία (Iwernía), Ἰουερνία (Iouernía), Ἱβερνία (Hibernía)
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū. See Old Irish Ériu.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.ér.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈer.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈer.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈer.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈer.ni/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓έρνη • (Īérnē) f (genitive Ῑ̓έρνης); first declension
- Ireland
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓έρνη; τῆς Ῑ̓έρνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ῑ̓έρνη hē Īérnē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ῑ̓έρνης tês Īérnēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ῑ̓έρνῃ têi Īérnēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ῑ̓έρνην tḕn Īérnēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ῑ̓έρνη Īérnē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιερνή (Ierní) (archaic)
- The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English and Anglo-Latin.
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014