From Spanish eirá, connected to Guaraní eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of,[1] whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)
Eira f
From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir (“relief”).
Eira
Inflection of Eira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Eira | Eirat | |
genitive | Eiran | Eirojen | |
partitive | Eiraa | Eiroja | |
illative | Eiraan | Eiroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Eira | Eirat | |
accusative | nom. | Eira | Eirat |
gen. | Eiran | ||
genitive | Eiran | Eirojen Eirain rare | |
partitive | Eiraa | Eiroja | |
inessive | Eirassa | Eiroissa | |
elative | Eirasta | Eiroista | |
illative | Eiraan | Eiroihin | |
adessive | Eiralla | Eiroilla | |
ablative | Eiralta | Eiroilta | |
allative | Eiralle | Eiroille | |
essive | Eirana | Eiroina | |
translative | Eiraksi | Eiroiksi | |
abessive | Eiratta | Eiroitta | |
instructive | — | Eiroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.