éirí

See also: eiri and Eiri

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish éirge, verbal noun of at·reig and éirgid (rises, stands up; arises, mounts upwards, ascends, soars; grows up, matures; rises in hostility, takes up arms, rebels; attacks; starts up; arises and sets forth, proceeds).

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈəiɾʲiː/, /ˈəiɾʲə/

Noun

éirí m (genitive singular éirí)

  1. verbal noun of éirigh
  2. rising, rise
    éirí (na) gealaímoonrise
    éirí (na) gréinesunrise
  3. (physiology) erection

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

éirí

  1. present subjunctive of éirigh
    go n-éirí an bóthar leat
    May the journey be successful for you (popularly mistranslated as "May the road rise to meet you"), bon voyage

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éirí n-éirí héirí t-éirí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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