tuaisceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish túaiscert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

tuaisceart m (genitive singular tuaiscirt)

1. north (any absolute geographic location on the left, as one faces the rising sun)
2. The North (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of tuaisceart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuaisceart Vocative a thuaiscirt Genitive tuaiscirt Dative tuaisceart

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tuaisceart Genitive an tuaiscirt Dative leis an tuaisceart don tuaisceart

Coordinate terms

• oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
• oirthear (“east”)
• oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
• deisceart (“south”)
• iardheisceart (“southwest”)
• iarthar (“west”)
• iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)

Derived terms

• Tuaisceart Éireann

See also

• aduaidh (“from the north”)
• ó thuaidh (“to the north”)
• thuaidh (“in the north”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuaisceart	thuaisceart	dtuaisceart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.