Ailgéir

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ailgéir f (genitive na hAilgéire)

Algeria (a country in North Africa; official name: Daon-Phoblacht Dhaonlathach na hAilgéire)

Declension

Declension of Ailgéir

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Ailgéir	Ailgéira
Vocative	a Ailgéir	a Ailgéira
Genitive	Ailgéire	Ailgéir
Dative	Ailgéir	Ailgéira

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an Ailgéir	na hAilgéira
Genitive	na hAilgéire	na nAilgéir
Dative	leis an Ailgéir don Ailgéir	leis na hAilgéira

Derived terms

Ailgéarach (“Algerian”, adjective)
Ailgéarach m (“Algerian”)
Cathair na hAilgéire f (“Algiers”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ailgéir	nAilgéir	hAilgéir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“Algeria”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Entries containing “Ailgéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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