teir

See also: téir

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tisres, feminine of *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tisres, feminine of *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.iʁ/

Numeral

teir f (masculine form tri)

1. three

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: div. Next: peder

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“they, those”), plural masculine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹 (þai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaiːɹ/

Pronoun

teir m pl

1. plural of hann; they

See also

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
accusative	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
dative	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
genitive	tess	teirrar	tess
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	teir	tær	tey
accusative	teir (tá)†
dative	teimum (teim)†
genitive	teirra

† obsolete

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɛɾʲ/

Noun

teir f (genitive singular teire, nominative plural teireanna)

1. An evil omen; a portent of ill luck.

   Synonym: droch-thuar

2. taboo

   Synonym: geis

Declension

Declension of teir (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative teir teireanna vocative a their a theireanna genitive teire teireanna dative teir teireanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an teir na teireanna genitive na teire na dteireanna dative leis an teir don teir leis na teireanna

Derived terms

• teiriúil (“ill-starred”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teir	their	dteir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.