"Ériu" meaning in Old Irish

See Ériu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈeːrʲiu̯/
Etymology: Probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū. Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*Φīweriyū}} Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|g=f}} Ériu f Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-n-mf|Érinn|Érenn|g=f|n=s}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=Érinn+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_du4=|acc_pl=Ériuna+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=Érinn+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|acc_sg4=|acc_sg5=|class=n-f|dat_du=Ériunaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=Ériunaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=Érinn+L|dat_sg2=Ériu+L|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|dat_sg5=|dat_sg6=|gen_du=Érenn+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=Érenn+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=Érenn|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=s|nom_du=Érinn+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_du4=|nom_pl=Érinn|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=Ériu|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|nom_sg4=|voc_du=Érinn+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_du4=|voc_pl=Ériuna+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=Ériu|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=|voc_sg4=}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Ériu [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], Ériu [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative], Érinn [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], Érenn [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], Érinn [dative, singular], Ériu [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], - [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ériu [error-unrecognized-form], pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments [error-unrecognized-form], nÉriu, Hériu [alternative]
  1. Ireland (a country and island in Europe) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Countries in Europe Synonyms: Banba, Elg, Fódla

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "Ériu"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Irish: Ériu, Hériu\nIrish: Éire\nManx: Nerin\nScottish Gaelic: Èirinn",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Irish: Ériu, Hériu\nIrish: Éire\nManx: Nerin\nScottish Gaelic: Èirinn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "Īrland",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ Old English: Īrland\nMiddle English: Irlond, Irelond, Irland, Yrland, Yrloand\nEnglish: Ireland\n→ Japanese: アイルランド (Airurando)\nScots: Irland\nYola: Erelhoan, Irelonde\n→ Old French: Irlande, Yrlande\nFrench: Irlande\nHaitian Creole: Ilann\n→ Greek: Ιρλανδία (Irlandía)\n→ Persian: ایرلند (irland)\nNorman: Irlande\nWalloon: Irlande",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ Old English: Īrland\nMiddle English: Irlond, Irelond, Irland, Yrland, Yrloand\nEnglish: Ireland\n→ Japanese: アイルランド (Airurando)\nScots: Irland\nYola: Erelhoan, Irelonde\n→ Old French: Irlande, Yrlande\nFrench: Irlande\nHaitian Creole: Ilann\n→ Greek: Ιρλανδία (Irlandía)\n→ Persian: ایرلند (irland)\nNorman: Irlande\nWalloon: Irlande"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "írar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: írar\nIcelandic: Íri\nFaroese: íri\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ire\nNorwegian Bokmål: ire\n→? Old English: Īras",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: írar\nIcelandic: Íri\nFaroese: íri\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ire\nNorwegian Bokmål: ire\n→? Old English: Īras"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Érinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Érenn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Érinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nÉriu",
      "source": "mutation"
    },
    {
      "form": "Hériu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Ériu f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Érinn",
        "2": "Érenn",
        "g": "f",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "Ériuna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Érinn+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-f",
        "dat_du": "Ériunaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Ériunaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Érinn+L",
        "dat_sg2": "Ériu+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "Érenn+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "Érenn+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
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        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "Érinn",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "Ériu",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "Érinn+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "Ériuna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Ériu",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Countries in Europe",
          "orig": "sga:Countries in Europe",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Ireland",
          "orig": "sga:Ireland",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Islands",
          "orig": "sga:Islands",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ireland (a country and island in Europe)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ériu-sga-name-3gkahbnv",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ireland",
          "Ireland#English"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Banba"
        },
        {
          "word": "Elg"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fódla"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːrʲiu̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ériu"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "Ériu"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Irish: Ériu, Hériu\nIrish: Éire\nManx: Nerin\nScottish Gaelic: Èirinn",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Irish: Ériu, Hériu\nIrish: Éire\nManx: Nerin\nScottish Gaelic: Èirinn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "Īrland",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ Old English: Īrland\nMiddle English: Irlond, Irelond, Irland, Yrland, Yrloand\nEnglish: Ireland\n→ Japanese: アイルランド (Airurando)\nScots: Irland\nYola: Erelhoan, Irelonde\n→ Old French: Irlande, Yrlande\nFrench: Irlande\nHaitian Creole: Ilann\n→ Greek: Ιρλανδία (Irlandía)\n→ Persian: ایرلند (irland)\nNorman: Irlande\nWalloon: Irlande"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "írar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: írar\nIcelandic: Íri\nFaroese: íri\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ire\nNorwegian Bokmål: ire\n→? Old English: Īras",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: írar\nIcelandic: Íri\nFaroese: íri\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ire\nNorwegian Bokmål: ire\n→? Old English: Īras"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*Φīweriyū"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Érinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Érenn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Érinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ériu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nÉriu",
      "source": "mutation"
    },
    {
      "form": "Hériu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Ériu f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Érinn",
        "2": "Érenn",
        "g": "f",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "Ériuna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Érinn+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-f",
        "dat_du": "Ériunaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Ériunaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Érinn+L",
        "dat_sg2": "Ériu+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "Érenn+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "Érenn+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "Érenn",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "Érinn+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "Érinn",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "Ériu",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "Érinn+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "Ériuna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
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        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish feminine nouns",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine or feminine n-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish proper nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Countries in Europe",
        "sga:Ireland",
        "sga:Islands"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ireland (a country and island in Europe)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ireland",
          "Ireland#English"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Banba"
        },
        {
          "word": "Elg"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fódla"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːrʲiu̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ériu"
}

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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Ériu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "Ériu"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Ériu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for nÉriu",
  "path": [
    "Ériu"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Ériu",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.