tír

See also: tir, TIR, Tir, tìr, tîr, and Appendix:Variations of "tir"

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/

Noun

tír f, m (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

Derived terms

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.
  • “1 tír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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/

Noun

tír n (genitive tíre, nominative plural tíre)

  1. land, country, territory, ground

Declension

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tír tírN tíreL
Vocative tír tírN tíreL
Accusative tír tírN tíreL
Genitive tíreH tíreN tíreN
Dative tírL tírib tírib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

  • “1 tír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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