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Irish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).
Proper noun
Éimin f (genitive Éimin)
- Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Poblacht Éimin)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Éimin
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nÉimin
|
hÉimin
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “Yemen”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “Éimin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.