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tír

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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

Noun

tír f (genitive singular tíre, nominative plural tíortha)

  1. land, country
    1. state, nation
    2. region, district, territory; people of country
    3. rural district(s)
    4. land (as opposed to sea)

Declension

Declension of tír (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tír tíortha
vocative a thír a thíortha
genitive tíre tíortha
dative tír tíortha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tír na tíortha
genitive na tíre na dtíortha
dative leis an tír
don tír
leis na tíortha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tír
radical lenition eclipsis
tír thír dtír

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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/

Noun

tír n (genitive tíre, nominative plural tíre)

  1. land, country, territory, ground

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: tír
  • Manx: çheer
  • Scottish Gaelic: tìr

Mutation

Mutation of tír
radical lenition nasalization
tír thír tír
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Old Norse

Noun

tír

  1. accusative/dative singular of tírr