oirthear
Irish
Etymology
From oir- (“facing, front, east”) + thear (“beyond”, literally “facing the horizon”), from Old Irish.
Noun
oirthear m (genitive singular oirthir)
- (literary) front, front part
- east (any absolute geographic location as one faces the rising sun), eastern part
- The East (of any geographic place)
Declension
Declension of oirthear
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms
- tuaisceart (“north”)
- oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
- oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
- deisceart (“south”)
- iardheisceart (“southwest”)
- iarthar (“west”)
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
Derived terms
Terms derived from oirthear
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See also
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oirthear | n-oirthear | hoirthear | t-oirthear |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "oirthear" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “oirthear” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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