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Irish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Helvētia. Compare Scottish Gaelic Eilbheis, Manx Elveeish.
Proper noun
An Eilvéis f (genitive na hEilvéise)
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; official name: Cónaidhm na hEilvéise)
Declension
Always found with the definite article
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Eilvéis
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nEilvéis
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hEilvéis
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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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