tír
Irish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /tʲiːɾʲ/
Derived terms
- alltathír f (“wild, rough, country”)
- tír chluiche f (“sporting country; hunting-ground”)
- tírdhreach (“landscape”)
- tíre (“country, native, ordinary”, adjective)
- Tír Eoghain (“Tyrone”)
- tírghrá (“patriotism”)
- tír mór m (“mainland”)
- Tír na nÓg
Mutation
| 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. | ||
References
- “tír” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Further reading
- "tír" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 tír”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- 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.
Old Irish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): (nominative/vocative/accusative singular and dual) /tʲiːr/, (dative singular) /tʲiːrʲ/
Declension
| Neuter s-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Mutation
| 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
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 tír”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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