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Irish
Etymology
From Latin Germānia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
An Ghearmáin f (genitive na Gearmáine)
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhme na Gearmáine)
Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Gearmáin
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Ghearmáin
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nGearmáin
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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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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Germáin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “Germany”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “Gearmáin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Gearmáin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “Ghearmáin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.