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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.

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)
Mutated forms of tír
radical lenition eclipsis
tír thír dtír

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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.

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

tír n (genitive tíre, nominative plural tíre)

  1. land, country, territory, ground
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
Mutation of tír
radical lenition nasalization
tír thír tír
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

tír

  1. accusative/dative singular of tírr