benn

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benn f (genitive beinne or beinde, nominative plural benna or benda)

beinne (genitive)
beinde (genitive)
benna (nominative plural)
benda (nominative plural)
benn (nominative singular)
beinn (dual nominative)
benna (nominative plural)
benn (singular vocative)
beinn (dual vocative)
benna (plural vocative)
beinn (accusative singular)
beinn (accusative dual)
benna (accusative plural)
beinne (genitive singular)
benn (dual genitive)
benn (genitive plural)
beinn (dative singular)
bennaib (dative dual)
bennaib (dative plural)
benn (mutation mutation-radical)
benn (mutation mutation-nasal)
mbenn (mutation)

Irish: beann, binn

Manx: beinn

Scottish Gaelic: beann, beinn

→ Galician: beán

⇒ Middle Irish: bennán


inis

inis f (genitive inse, nominative plural insi)

inse (genitive)
insi (nominative plural)
inis (nominative singular)
inis (dual nominative)
insi (nominative plural)
inis (singular vocative)
inis (dual vocative)
insi (plural vocative)
insi (accusative singular)
inis (accusative dual)
insi (accusative plural)
inse (genitive singular)
inse (dual genitive)
inse (genitive plural)
insi (dative singular)
insib (dative dual)
insib (dative plural)
inis (mutation mutation-radical)
n-inis (mutation)

Middle Irish: inis

Irish: inis

Scottish Gaelic: innis

From Proto-Celtic *enistī (“standing in (the water)”), from Proto-Indo-European *en- (“in”) + *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Welsh ynys.


tonn

tonn (nominative singular)
tuinn (dual nominative)
tonna (nominative plural)
tonn (singular vocative)
tuinn (dual vocative)
tonna (plural vocative)
tuinn (accusative singular)
tuinn (accusative dual)
tonna (accusative plural)
tuinne (genitive singular)
tonn (dual genitive)
tonn (genitive plural)
tuinn (dative singular)
tonnaib (dative dual)
tonnaib (dative plural)

Middle Irish: tonn

Irish: tonn

Manx: tonn

Scottish Gaelic: tonn


tonn

tonn (nominative singular)
tonn (singular vocative)
tuinn (accusative singular)
tuinne (genitive singular)
tuinn (dative singular)
tonn (mutation mutation-radical)
thonn (mutation mutation-nasal)
tonn (mutation)

From Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface, skin”).


Róm

Rómae (genitive)
Róm (nominative singular)
Róm (singular vocative)
Róim (accusative singular)
Rómae (genitive singular)
Róim (dative singular)

Middle Irish: Róim

Irish: An Róimh

Manx: Yn Raue

Scottish Gaelic: An Ròimh

For·comnacair buith a maicc-som hí Róim.

.i. ind Róm fil hí Constantinopoil. Ar ro·hucad airechas inna Rómae co Constantinopoil, rucad dano aainmm.

i.e. the Rome that is in Constantinople. Because the Roman Empire was brought to Constantinople, its name was thus brought with it.

"Ní maith a ndu·gní," ol Pátraic. "Día léicthe dam-sa congbáil súnd, roba[d] tánaise Romae Letha cona Tibir tréthi, mo chathir-se cona Ess Rúaid trea, ⁊ robad do chland-su betis comarpai indi.

"What you're doing isn't good." said Patrick. "If you let me have a settlement here, my city, with its Ess Rúaid [flowing] through it, could have been a second Rome in Latium with its Tiber [flowing] through it, and it would be your children who would be my successors therein."

Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; capital city of the Papal States)


sruth

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sruth n or m (genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)

srotho (genitive)
srotha (nominative plural)
sruth (nominative singular)
sruth (dual nominative)
srothae (nominative plural)
sruth (singular vocative)
sruth (dual vocative)
srothu (plural vocative)
sruth (accusative singular)
sruth (accusative dual)
srothu (accusative plural)
srotho (genitive singular)
srotha (genitive singular)
srotho (dual genitive)
srotha (dual genitive)
srothae (genitive plural)
sruth (dative singular)
srothaib (dative dual)
srothaib (dative plural)

Irish: sruth

Manx: stroo

Scottish Gaelic: sruth

From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.


slíab

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slíab n (genitive slébe, nominative plural slébe)

slébe (genitive)
slébe (nominative plural)
slíab (neuter nominative singular)
slíab (dual neuter nominative)
sléibe (neuter nominative plural)
slíab (neuter singular vocative)
slíab (dual neuter vocative)
sléibe (neuter plural vocative)
slíab (accusative neuter singular)
slíab (accusative dual neuter)
sléibe (accusative neuter plural)
sléibe (genitive neuter singular)
sléibe (dual genitive neuter)
sléibe (genitive neuter plural)
sléib (dative neuter singular)
sléibib (dative dual neuter)
sléibib (dative neuter plural)
slíab (mutation mutation-radical)
ṡlíab (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: sliabh

Manx: slieau

Scottish Gaelic: sliabh

[sʲl͈ʲiːa̯β]


gáeth

gáeth m or f (genitive unattested, no plural)

Irish: gaoth

gáeth (mutation mutation-radical)
gáeth (mutation mutation-nasal)
ngáeth (mutation)

Uncertain. Perhaps attested in Primitive Irish ᚌᚐᚈᚈᚕᚌᚂᚐᚅ (gattea-glan, “(?)having clean water”).


fairrge

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fairrge f (genitive fairrge, nominative plural fairrgi)

fairrge (genitive)
fairrgi (nominative plural)
fairrge (nominative singular)
fairrgi (dual nominative)
fairrgi (nominative plural)
fairrge (singular vocative)
fairrgi (dual vocative)
fairrgi (plural vocative)
fairrgi (accusative singular)
fairrgi (accusative dual)
fairrgi (accusative plural)
fairrge (genitive singular)
fairrge (dual genitive)
fairrge (genitive plural)
fairrgi (dative singular)
fairrgib (dative dual)
fairrgib (dative plural)
fairrge (mutation mutation-radical)
ḟairrge (mutation mutation-nasal)
fairrge (mutation)

Irish: farraige

Manx: faarkey

Scottish Gaelic: fairge

Possibly from the root of fairsiung (“ample, broad”).


ailén

ailén m (genitive ailéoin, nominative plural ailéoin)

ailéoin (genitive)
ailéoin (nominative plural)
ailén (masculine nominative singular stem)
ailén (dual masculine nominative stem)
ailéoin (masculine nominative plural stem)
ailéoin (masculine singular stem vocative)
ailén (dual masculine stem vocative)
ailéonu (masculine plural stem vocative)
ailén (accusative masculine singular stem)
ailén (accusative dual masculine stem)
ailéonu (accusative masculine plural stem)
ailéoin (genitive masculine singular stem)
ailén (dual genitive masculine stem)
ailén (genitive masculine plural stem)
ailén (dative masculine singular stem)
ailéon (dative masculine singular stem)
ailénaib (dative dual masculine stem)
ailénaib (dative masculine plural stem)
ailén (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ailén (mutation)

Irish: oileán

Manx: ellan

Scottish Gaelic: eilean


Ériu

Ériu (nominative singular)
Ériu (singular vocative)
Érinn (accusative singular)
Érenn (genitive singular)
Érinn (dative singular)
Ériu (dative singular)
Ériu (mutation mutation-radical)
nÉriu (mutation)

desctree

Middle Irish: Ériu, Hériu
Irish: Éire
Manx: Nerin
Scottish Gaelic: Èirinn

→⇒ Old English: Īrland

Middle English: Irland, Ireland, Irlond

English: Ireland

→ Old French: Irlande

French: Irlande

→ Old Norse: írar
Icelandic: Íri
Faroese: íri
Norwegian Nynorsk: ire
Norwegian Bokmål: ire
→? Old English: Īras

Probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.

Ireland (a country and island in Europe)


brí

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brí f (genitive breg, nominative plural brig)

breg (genitive)
brig (nominative plural)
brí (nominative singular)
brig (dual nominative)
brig (nominative plural)
brí (singular vocative)
brig (dual vocative)
brega (plural vocative)
brig (accusative singular)
brig (accusative dual)
brega (accusative plural)
breg (genitive singular)
breg (dual genitive)
breg (genitive plural)
brig (dative singular)
brí (dative singular)
bregaib (dative dual)
bregaib (dative plural)
brí (mutation mutation-radical)
brí (mutation mutation-nasal)
mbrí (mutation)

Irish: brí

Scottish Gaelic: bre


Albu

Alban (genitive)
Albu (nominative singular)
Albu (singular vocative)
Albain (accusative singular)
Alban (genitive singular)
Albain (dative singular)
Albu (dative singular)
Albu (mutation mutation-radical)
nAlbu (mutation)

Irish: Alba, Albain

Manx: Nalbin

Scottish Gaelic: Alba

From Proto-Celtic *albiyū. Compare Old Welsh elbid.


tráig

tráig (nominative singular)
tráig (dual nominative)
trágai (nominative plural)
tráig (singular vocative)
tráig (dual vocative)
trágai (plural vocative)
tráig (accusative singular)
tráig (accusative dual)
trágai (accusative plural)
trágo (genitive singular)
trága (genitive singular)
trágo (dual genitive)
trága (dual genitive)
trágae (genitive plural)
tráig (dative singular)
trágaib (dative dual)
trágaib (dative plural)
tráig (mutation mutation-radical)
thráig (mutation mutation-nasal)
tráig (mutation)

Irish: trá

Manx: traie

Scottish Gaelic: tràigh

From Proto-Celtic *trāgi (“low tide, beach”)

tráigid

ebbs, recedes; causes to ebb; retreats, diminishes; exhausts


bruach

bruäch (canonical neuter)
bruach (nominative singular)
bruach (dual nominative)
bruach (nominative plural)
bruacha (nominative plural)
bruach (singular vocative)
bruach (dual vocative)
bruach (plural vocative)
bruacha (plural vocative)
bruach (accusative singular)
bruach (accusative dual)
bruach (accusative plural)
bruacha (accusative plural)
bruïg (genitive singular)
brúaig (genitive singular)
bruach (dual genitive)
bruach (genitive plural)
bruüch (dative singular)
brúch (dative singular)
bruachaib (dative dual)
bruachaib (dative plural)
bruäch (mutation mutation-radical)
bruäch (mutation mutation-nasal)
mbruäch (mutation)

Irish: bruach

Manx: broogh

Scottish Gaelic: bruach


Dall

Dall (mutation mutation-radical)
Dall (mutation mutation-nasal)
nDall (mutation)

the Dall (a river in Ireland), south of the Drobaís


Égept

Irish: Éigipt

Manx: Eajipt

Scottish Gaelic: Eiphit

Égept (mutation mutation-radical)
nÉgept (mutation)

Borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *Aiguptos (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)) (perhaps via Minoan), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The Temple of the ka of Ptah”), initially referring to the prominent temple in the city of Memphis, once capital in the Middle Kingdom.


Muad

Irish: An Mhuaidh

Said to be derived from the adjective muad (“noble, great, big”).


Eorthanán

Eorthanán (mutation mutation-radical)
nEorthanán (mutation)


Berbae

Irish: An Bhearú

Berbae (mutation mutation-radical)
Berbae (mutation mutation-nasal)
mBerbae (mutation)


Doél

Dóele (genitive)
Doél (mutation mutation-radical)
Doél (mutation mutation-nasal)
nDoél (mutation)


Dánaim

Dánaïm (canonical)
Dánaim (mutation mutation-radical)
Dánaim (mutation mutation-nasal)
nDánaim (mutation)

Don, Tanais (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in modern Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)


Drobaís

Drobesa (genitive)
Drobaís (mutation mutation-radical)
Drobaís (mutation mutation-nasal)
nDrobaís (mutation)

Irish: Drobhaois

the Drowes (a river in County Donegal and County Leitrim, Ireland)


Boand

Boänd (canonical feminine)
Boïnde (genitive)
Boand (nominative singular)
Boand (singular vocative)
Boïnd (accusative singular)
Boïnde (genitive singular)
Boïnd (dative singular)
Boand (mutation mutation-radical)
Boand (mutation mutation-nasal)
mBoand (mutation)

Irish: Bóinn

→ English: Boyne

the Boyne (a river in Leinster, Ireland)


Banba

Irish: Banbha

Banba (mutation mutation-radical)
Banba (mutation mutation-nasal)
mBanba (mutation)

Ireland (an island and country in Europe)


Dothra

Irish: Dothra

Dothra (mutation mutation-radical)
Dothra (mutation mutation-nasal)
nDothra (mutation)

the Dodder (a river in Leinster, Ireland)


Etáil

Etáil (nominative singular)
Etáil (singular vocative)
Étail (accusative singular)
Étale (genitive singular)
Étail (dative singular)
Etáil (mutation mutation-radical)
nEtáil (mutation)

Irish: An Iodáil

Manx: Yn Iddaal

Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt


slis

slis (nominative singular)
slis (dual nominative)
slesae (nominative plural)
slis (singular vocative)
slis (dual vocative)
slesu (plural vocative)
slis (accusative singular)
slis (accusative dual)
slesu (accusative plural)
sleso (genitive singular)
slesa (genitive singular)
sleso (dual genitive)
slesa (dual genitive)
slesae (genitive plural)
slis (dative singular)
slesaib (dative dual)
slesaib (dative plural)
slis (mutation mutation-radical)
ṡlis (mutation mutation-nasal)

Middle Irish: slis

Irish: slios

Scottish Gaelic: slios

From Proto-Celtic *stlissus. Cognate with Middle Welsh ystlys.


Muir Robur

Moro Robuir (genitive)
Muir Robur (nominative singular)
Muir Robur (singular vocative)
Muir Robur (accusative singular)
Moro Robuir (genitive singular)
Muir Robur (dative singular)
Muir Robur (mutation mutation-radical)
also Mmuir Robur after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
ending in a vowel (mutation mutation-radical)
Muir Robur (mutation mutation-nasal)

Middle Irish: Muir Romair, Muir Romor

From muir (“sea”) + a form of Latin ruber (“red”).

Du·fuargabsat huisci Moro Robuir intan ro·mboi popul Dǽ for a muir.

The waters of the Red Sea rose when God's people were on the seashore.

Red Sea (a sea between Africa and Arabia)


Glenn Dá Locha

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Glenn Dá Locha n (genitive Glinne Dá Locha)

Glinne Dá Locha (genitive)
Glenn Dá Locha (neuter nominative singular)
Glenn Dá Locha (neuter singular vocative)
Glenn Dá Locha (accusative neuter singular)
Glinne Dá Locha (genitive neuter singular)
Glinn Dá Locha (dative neuter singular)
Glenn Dá Locha (mutation mutation-radical)
Glenn Dá Locha (mutation mutation-nasal)
nGlenn Dá Locha (mutation)

Middle Irish: Glenn Dá Locha

Irish: Gleann Dá Loch

→ English: Glendalough

From glenn (“valley”) + dá (“two”) + loch (“lake”), literally “Valley of the Two Lakes”.

compound

Glendalough (a valley in County Wicklow, Ireland), best known for its monastery associated with St. Kevin.


Égiptacdae

Égiptacdae (masculine nominative singular)
Égiptacdae (feminine nominative singular)
Égiptacdae (neuter nominative singular)
Égiptacdai (masculine singular vocative)
Égiptacdae (feminine singular vocative)
Égiptacdae (neuter singular vocative)
Égiptacdae (accusative masculine singular)
Égiptacdai (accusative feminine singular)
Égiptacdae (accusative neuter singular)
Égiptacdai (genitive masculine singular)
Égiptacdae (feminine genitive singular)
Égiptacdai (genitive neuter singular)
Égiptacdu (dative masculine singular)
Égiptacdai (dative feminine singular)
Égiptacdu (dative neuter singular)
Égiptacdai (masculine nominative plural)
Égiptacdai (feminine neuter nominative plural)
Égiptacdai (masculine plural vocative)
Égiptacdu (masculine plural vocative)
Égiptacdai (feminine neuter plural vocative)
Égiptacdai (accusative masculine plural)
Égiptacdu (accusative masculine plural)
Égiptacdai (accusative feminine neuter plural)
Égiptacdae (feminine genitive masculine neuter plural)
Égiptacdaib (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
Égiptacdae (mutation mutation-radical)
nÉgiptacdae (mutation)

[ˈeːɣʲiptaɡðɘ]

[ˈeːɣʲiftaɡðɘ]

Ad·ráigsetar ⁊ robu frithorcun doïb a n-etarscarad fri Ǽgeptacdu .i. air ad·ráigsetar nonda·bértais iterum in captiuitatem.

They have feared, and their separation from the Egyptians has been an offence to them, i.e. for they have feared that they would carry them back into captivity.


Israhél

Irish: Iosrael

Manx: Israel

Scottish Gaelic: Iosrael

Israhél (mutation mutation-radical)
nIsrahél (mutation)

From Latin Isrāhēl, Isrāēl, from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).

Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…

Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel…

Israel (the region; the ancient kingdom; the Jews taken collectively)