tírghrá

Irish

Etymology

From tír (“land”) +‎ grá (“love”).

Noun

tírghrá m (genitive singular tírghrá)

1. patriotism

Declension

Declension of tírghrá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tírghrá Vocative a thírghrá Genitive tírghrá Dative tírghrá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tírghrá Genitive an tírghrá Dative leis an tírghrá don tírghrá

Derived terms

• tírghrách (“patriotic”)
• tírghráthóir m (“patriot”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tírghrá	thírghrá	dtírghrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tírghrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “tírghrá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tírghrá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.