Ἰουερνία
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Primitive Irish *Īweriū and its genitive *Īweriyonah (whence probably Éire, see there), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.uː.er.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ • (Īouernĭ́ā) f (genitive Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ hē Īouernĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς tês Īouernĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾳ têi Īouernĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Īouernĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ Īouernĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιουερνία (Iouernía)
- The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English.
- Latin: Hibernia, Ivernia
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014