Peirs

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʲɛɾʲʃ/

Proper noun

An Pheirs f (genitive na Peirs)

Persia

Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Peirs (second declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	Peirs
vocative	a Pheirs
genitive	Peirse
dative	Peirs

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an Pheirs
genitive	na Peirse
dative	leis an bPeirs don Pheirs

Derived terms

Impireacht na Peirse (“Persian Empire”)
Murascaill na Peirse (“Persian Gulf”)
Peirseach (“Persian”, adjective)
Peirseach m (“Persian person”)
Peirsis (“the Persian language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Peirs*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Peirs	Pheirs	bPeirs

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Peirs”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Peirs”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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