tír

Irish

Etymology

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

• IPA: [tʲiːɾʲ]

Noun

tír f (genitive tíre, nominative plural tíortha)

1. land, country, nation

Declension

Declension of tír

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tír tíortha Vocative a thír a thíortha Genitive tíre tíortha Dative tír tíortha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tír na tíortha Genitive na tíre na dtíortha Dative leis an tír don tír leis na tíortha

Derived terms

• Tír na nÓg
• tírghrá (“patriotism”)

Mutation

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.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

tír n

1. land, country, territory, ground

Descendants

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