Teamhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish temair (“high place, hill”).

Proper noun

Teamhair f (genitive Teamhrach)

1. Tara (place in Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Teamhair

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative Teamhair Vocative a Theamhair Genitive Teamhrach Dative Teamhair Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Teamhair Genitive na Teamhrach Dative leis an Teamhair leis an Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal) don Teamhair don Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Teamhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “temair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language