oirthear
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From oir- (“facing, front, east”) + thear (“beyond”, literally “facing the horizon”), from Old Irish.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oirthear m (genitive singular oirthir)
- (literary) front, front part
- east (any absolute geographic location as one faces the rising sun), eastern part
- The East (of any geographic place)
Declension edit
Declension of oirthear
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms edit
- deisceart (“south”)
- iardheisceart (“southwest”)
- iarthar (“west”)
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
- oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
- oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
- tuaisceart (“north”)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oirthear | n-oirthear | hoirthear | t-oirthear |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oirthear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “oirthear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024