# Eira
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Spanish eirá, connected to Guaraní eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of, whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)

### Proper noun

Eira f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – tayras, of tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Mustelidae – family; Guloninae - subfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Eira barbara (sole known species)

### References

* Eira (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Eira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Eira barbara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Eira in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
* Eira at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Eira at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* ↑ Mark Wainwright, Oscar Arias, The mammals of Costa Rica: a natural history and field guide (2007)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir (“relief”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈei̯rɑ/, [ˈe̞i̯rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eirɑ
* Hyphenation: Ei‧ra

### Proper noun

Eira
* a female given name
* A neighborhood of Helsinki, the site of a hospital named for the Old Norse goddess.
* a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Eira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eirani
Eirani
accusative
nom.
Eirani
Eirani
gen.
Eirani
genitive
Eirani
Eirojeni Eiraini $^{rare}$
partitive
Eiraani
Eirojani
inessive
Eirassani
Eiroissani
elative
Eirastani
Eiroistani
illative
Eiraani
Eiroihini
adessive
Eirallani
Eiroillani
ablative
Eiraltani
Eiroiltani
allative
Eiralleni
Eiroilleni
essive
Eiranani
Eiroinani
translative
Eirakseni
Eiroikseni
abessive
Eirattani
Eiroittani
instructive
comitative
—Eiroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eirasi
Eirasi
accusative
nom.
Eirasi
Eirasi
gen.
Eirasi
genitive
Eirasi
Eirojesi Eiraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Eiraasi
Eirojasi
inessive
Eirassasi
Eiroissasi
elative
Eirastasi
Eiroistasi
illative
Eiraasi
Eiroihisi
adessive
Eirallasi
Eiroillasi
ablative
Eiraltasi
Eiroiltasi
allative
Eirallesi
Eiroillesi
essive
Eiranasi
Eiroinasi
translative
Eiraksesi
Eiroiksesi
abessive
Eirattasi
Eiroittasi
instructive
comitative
—Eiroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eiramme
Eiramme
accusative
nom.
Eiramme
Eiramme
gen.
Eiramme
genitive
Eiramme
Eirojemme Eiraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Eiraamme
Eirojamme
inessive
Eirassamme
Eiroissamme
elative
Eirastamme
Eiroistamme
illative
Eiraamme
Eiroihimme
adessive
Eirallamme
Eiroillamme
ablative
Eiraltamme
Eiroiltamme
allative
Eirallemme
Eiroillemme
essive
Eiranamme
Eiroinamme
translative
Eiraksemme
Eiroiksemme
abessive
Eirattamme
Eiroittamme
instructive
comitative
—Eiroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eiranne
Eiranne
accusative
nom.
Eiranne
Eiranne
gen.
Eiranne
genitive
Eiranne
Eirojenne Eirainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Eiraanne
Eirojanne
inessive
Eirassanne
Eiroissanne
elative
Eirastanne
Eiroistanne
illative
Eiraanne
Eiroihinne
adessive
Eirallanne
Eiroillanne
ablative
Eiraltanne
Eiroiltanne
allative
Eirallenne
Eiroillenne
essive
Eirananne
Eiroinanne
translative
Eiraksenne
Eiroiksenne
abessive
Eirattanne
Eiroittanne
instructive
comitative
—Eiroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eiransa
Eiransa
accusative
nom.
Eiransa
Eiransa
gen.
Eiransa
genitive
Eiransa
Eirojensa Eirainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Eiraansa
Eirojaan Eirojansa
inessive
Eirassaan Eirassansa
Eiroissaan Eiroissansa
elative
Eirastaan Eirastansa
Eiroistaan Eiroistansa
illative
Eiraansa
Eiroihinsa
adessive
Eirallaan Eirallansa
Eiroillaan Eiroillansa
ablative
Eiraltaan Eiraltansa
Eiroiltaan Eiroiltansa
allative
Eiralleen Eirallensa
Eiroilleen Eiroillensa
essive
Eiranaan Eiranansa
Eiroinaan Eiroinansa
translative
Eirakseen Eiraksensa
Eiroikseen Eiroiksensa
abessive
Eirattaan Eirattansa
Eiroittaan Eiroittansa
instructive
comitative
—Eiroineen Eiroinensa :
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.

#### Statistics

* Eira is the 202nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,073 female individuals (and as a middle name to 457 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
* The surname Eira belongs to 78 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.