Éigipt
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish Égept, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)) (perhaps via Minoan), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The Temple of the ka of Ptah”), initially referring to the prominent temple in the city of Memphis, once capital in the Middle Kingdom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]an Éigipt f (genitive na hÉigipte)
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia; official name: Poblacht Arabach na hÉigipte)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Éigipt
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- Éigipteach (“Egyptian”)
- Éigipteolaíocht f (“Egyptology”)
- Éigiptis f (“the Egyptian language”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Éigipt | nÉigipt | hÉigipt | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish terms derived from Egyptian
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- ga:Egypt
- ga:Countries in Africa
- ga:Countries
- ga:Countries in Asia
- Irish second-declension nouns