Irena

See also: irena, Irēna, and Ireną

Translingual

Proper noun

Irena f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Irenidae – fairy bluebirds.

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪrɛna]

Proper noun

Irena f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Irene

Declension

Faroese

Proper noun

Irena f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • Irena's son: Irenuson
  • Irena's daughter: Irenudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Irena
accusative Irenu
dative Irenu
genitive Irenu

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Irena f

  1. a female given name

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Īrēnē, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈrɛ.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: I‧re‧na

Proper noun

Irena f (male equivalent Ireneusz, diminutive Irenka)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Irene

Declension

Further reading

  • Irena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, peace).

Proper noun

Irena f (Cyrillic spelling Ирена)

  1. a female given name from Greek, equivalent to English Irene

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /irena/, [ˈirena]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: I‧re‧na

Proper noun

Irena f (diminutive Ira or Irča or Ika or Irenka)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Irena
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeIrenaIreny
genitiveIrenyIrien
dativeIreneIrenám
accusativeIrenuIreny
locativeIreneIrenách
instrumentalIrenouIrenami

Further reading

  • Irena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026