Εἰρήνη

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See also: ειρήνη, Ειρήνη, and εἰρήνη

Ancient Greek

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Irene

Etymology

From εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈre̝.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/

Proper noun

Εἰρήνη • (Eirḗnē) f (genitive Εἰρήνης); first declension

Irene

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Εἰρήνη; τῆς Εἰρήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εἰρήνη hē Eirḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Εἰρήνης tês Eirḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Εἰρήνῃ têi Eirḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Εἰρήνην tḕn Eirḗnēn
Vocative	Εἰρήνη Eirḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Breton: Eirene
→ Bulgarian: Ирина (Irina)
→ Catalan: Irene
→ Czech: Irena
→ Dutch: Irene
→ English: Irene
→ Finnish: Irene
→ French: Irène
→ Galician: Irene
→ German: Eirene
Greek: Ειρήνη (Eiríni)
→ Hungarian: Eiréné
→ Italian: Irene
→ Japanese: エイレーネー (Eirēnē)
→ Korean: 이레네 (irene)
→ Latin: Irene
→ Polish: Irena
→ Portuguese: Irene, Iria
→ Romanian: Irina
→ Russian: Ирина (Irina)
→ Sicilian: Irini, Ireni (italianized)
→ Slovak: Irena
→ Spanish: Irene
→ Swedish: Irene

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