tirim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tírim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪɾʲəmʲ/
• IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲɪmʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛɾʲəmʲ/

Adjective

tirim (plural tirime or tiorma, comparative tirime or tiorma)

1. dry

Declension

May be declined either as in table 1 (regular) or in table 2 (irregular):

Table 1

Declension of tirim

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tirim	thirim	tirime; thirime²
Vocative	thirim		tirime
Genitive		tirime	tirime	tirim
Dative	tirim; thirim¹	thirim	tirime; thirime²
Comparative	níos tirime
Superlative	is tirime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Table 2

Declension of tirim

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tirim	thirim	tiorma; thiorma²
Vocative	thirim		tiorma
Genitive		tirime	tiorma	tirim
Dative	tirim; thirim¹	thirim	tiorma; thiorma²
Comparative	níos tiorma
Superlative	is tiorma

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• airgead tirim (“cash”)
• casacht chrua thirim (“hacking cough”)

Related terms

• triomach