tír
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tir"
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. “dry land” as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include English thirst, Latin terra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tír f (genitive singular tíre, nominative plural tíortha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tír
- Alternative plural: tíreacha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms[edit]
- alltathír f (“wild, rough, country”)
- i dtír (“ashore”)
- míntír f (“mainland”)
- mórthír f (“mainland”)
- tír chluiche f (“sporting country; hunting-ground”)
- Tír Eoghain (“Tyrone”)
- tír mór f (“mainland”)
- Tír na nÓg
- tírdhreach (“landscape”)
- tírghrá (“patriotism”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tír | thír | dtír |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tír”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 737
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “tír” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tír” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 46
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. ‘dry land’ as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include English thirst, Latin terra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tír n (genitive tíre, nominative plural tíre)
Declension[edit]
Neuter s-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | tírN | tírN | tíreL |
Vocative | tírN | tírN | tíreL |
Accusative | tírN | tírN | tíreL |
Genitive | tíreL | tíre | tíreN |
Dative | tírL | tírib | tírib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tír | thír | tír pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse[edit]
Noun[edit]
tír
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish s-stem nouns
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
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