tirim
Irish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
edittirim (plural tirime or tiorma, comparative tirime or tiorma)
Declension
editRegular declension:
Declension of tirim
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tirim | thirim | tirime; thirime² | |
Vocative | thirim | tirime | ||
Genitive | tirime | tirime | tirim | |
Dative | tirim; thirim¹ |
thirim | tirime; thirime² | |
Comparative | níos tirime | |||
Superlative | is tirime |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irregular declension:
Declension of tirim
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tirim | thirim | tiorma; thiorma² | |
Vocative | thirim | tiorma | ||
Genitive | tirime | tiorma | tirim | |
Dative | tirim; thirim¹ |
thirim | tiorma; thiorma² | |
Comparative | níos tiorma | |||
Superlative | is tiorma |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tirim | thirim | dtirim |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tirim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tírim, tirim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tirim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tirim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024