Meiriceá
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Meireacá (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English America.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meiriceá m (genitive Mheiriceá)
- America
- D’imigh m’uncail go Meiriceá. ― My uncle went to America.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Meiriceá
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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The definite article is not used with this word.
Synonyms[edit]
- An tOileán Úr
Derived terms[edit]
- Meiriceá Láir m (“Central America”)
- Meiriceá Theas m (“South America”)
- Meiriceá Thuaidh m (“North America”)
- Meiriceánach (“American”)
- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá m (“United States of America”)
- teileog Mheiriceá f (“American basswood”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Meiriceá | Mheiriceá | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “America”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024