tírghrá

Irish

Etymology

From tír (“land”) +‎ grá (“love”).

Noun

tírghrá m (genitive singular tírghrá)

patriotism

Declension

Declension of tírghrá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	tírghrá
Vocative	a thírghrá
Genitive	tírghrá
Dative	tírghrá

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tírghrá
Genitive	an tírghrá
Dative	leis an tírghrá don tírghrá

Derived terms

tírghrách (“patriotic”)
tírghráthóir m (“patriot”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tírghrá	thírghrá	dtírghrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"tírghrá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “tírghrá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tírghrá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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