teorainn
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish teóra, teórann (“act of marking out, delimiting; share, division; boundary, limit; confines, territory”).
Pronunciation
Noun
teorainn f (genitive singular teorann, nominative plural teorainneacha or teoranna)
Declension
Declension of teorainn
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of teorainn
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dúiche theorann (“borderland”)
- gan teorainn (“boundless, limitless, unlimited”)
- i dteorainn le (“bordering on, (living) next to”)
- luasteorainn, teorainn luais (“speed limit”)
- teorannaigh (“delimit; limit, restrict”, verb)
- teoranta (“limited, restricted, confined”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
teorainn | theorainn | dteorainn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teorainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 teóra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tórann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teorainn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “teorainn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024