teorainn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish teóra, teórann (“act of marking out, delimiting; share, division; boundary, limit; confines, territory”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲoːɾˠən̠ʲ]

Noun

teorainn f (genitive singular teorann, nominative plural teorainneacha or teoranna)

  1. limit
  2. boundary
  3. border, frontier
  4. borderline, margin

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teorainn theorainn dteorainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "teorainn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “2 teóra” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “tórann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “teorainn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “teorainn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.