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Icelandic
Proper noun
Íris f
- a female given name
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Iris, from Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Íris f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Iris
- (Greek mythology) Iris (Greek messenger of the gods)
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Íris f (genitive singular Íridy, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, Iris
- (Greek mythology) Iris (Greek messenger of the gods)
Declension
References
- “Íris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024