Irish

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): (nominative/vocative/accusative singular and dual) /tʲiːr/, (dative singular) /tʲiːrʲ/

Noun

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tír n (genitive tíre, nominative plural tíre)

  1. land, country, territory, ground

Declension

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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

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

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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.

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Old Norse

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Noun

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tír

  1. accusative/dative singular of tírr