mórthír

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“main”) +‎ tír (“land”).

Noun

mórthír f (genitive singular mórthíre)

1. (geography) mainland

Declension

Declension of mórthír

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative mórthír Vocative a mhórthír Genitive mórthíre Dative mórthír

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhórthír Genitive na mórthíre Dative leis an mórthír don mhórthír

Synonyms

• míntír
• tír mór

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mórthír	mhórthír	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórthír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN