míntír

Irish

Alternative forms

• mín-tír (superseded)

Etymology

From mín (“smooth”) ‎ tír (“land”).

Noun

míntír f (genitive singular míntíre)

1. mainland
2. level, arable land

Declension

Declension of míntír

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative míntír Vocative a mhíntír Genitive míntíre Dative míntír

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhíntír Genitive na míntíre Dative leis an míntír don mhíntír

Synonyms

• (mainland): mórthír

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míntír	mhíntír	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mín-tír”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míntír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN