Eanáir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iānuārius. Akin to English January.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈan̪ˠɑːɾʲ]

Proper noun

Eanáir m (genitive Eanáir, nominative plural Eanáirí)

1. January (first month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of Eanáir (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Eanáir Eanáirí vocative a Eanáir a Eanáirí genitive Eanáir Eanáirí dative Eanáir Eanáirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tEanáir na hEanáirí genitive an Eanáir na nEanáirí dative leis an Eanáir don Eanáir leis na hEanáirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eanáir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eanáir	nEanáir	hEanáir	tEanáir

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

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag ^{(Category: ga:Months)}

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eanáir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eanáir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Eanáir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024