iarthar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íarthar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiˑəɾˠhəɾˠ/

Noun

iarthar m (genitive singular iarthair)

1. west (any absolute geographic location as one faces the setting sun)
2. The West (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of iarthar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative iarthar Vocative a iarthair Genitive iarthair Dative iarthar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-iarthar Genitive an iarthair Dative leis an iarthar don iarthar

Coordinate terms

• tuaisceart (“north”)
• oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
• oirthear (“east”)
• oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
• deisceart (“south”)
• iardheisceart (“southwest”)
• iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)

Derived terms

• iartharach (“western”)
• iartharán (“western”) (literature)

See also

• aniar (“from the west”)
• siar (“to the west”)
• thiar (“in the west”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarthar	n-iarthar	hiarthar	t-iarthar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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