thiar thuaidh
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
- (destination) northwesterly, to the northwest
- (static position) northwest, northwestern
Adverb
- in the northwest
See also
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”, noun)
Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | aneas |
| northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | — | anoir aduaidh |
| northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | — | aniar aduaidh |
| southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | — | anoir aneas |
| southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | — | aniar aneas |
| over there | sall | thall | lastall | anall |
| over here | — | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “thiar thuaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “thiar thuaidh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “thiar thuaidh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024