iarthar
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish íarthar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iarthar m (genitive singular iarthair)
- west (any absolute geographic location as one faces the setting sun)
- The West (of any geographic place)
Declension edit
Declension of iarthar
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms edit
- tuaisceart (“north”)
- oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
- oirthear (“east”)
- oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
- deisceart (“south”)
- iardheisceart (“southwest”)
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iarthar | n-iarthar | hiarthar | t-iarthar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íarthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “iarthar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN