tirim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tírim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪɾʲəmʲ/
• (Cork) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲɪmʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛɾʲəmʲ/

Adjective

tirim (plural tirime or tiorma, comparative tirime or tiorma)

1. dry

Declension

Regular declension:

Declension of tirim

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tirim	thirim	tirime; thirime²
Vocative	thirim		tirime
Genitive		tirime	tirime	tirim
Dative	tirim; thirim¹	thirim	tirime; thirime²
Comparative	níos tirime
Superlative	is tirime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Irregular declension:

Declension of tirim

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tirim	thirim	tiorma; thiorma²
Vocative	thirim		tiorma
Genitive		tirime	tiorma	tirim
Dative	tirim; thirim¹	thirim	tiorma; thiorma²
Comparative	níos tiorma
Superlative	is tiorma

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• airgead tirim
• casacht chrua thirim
• tirim sácráilte
• tirimchosach
• tirimeacht
• tirimghlan
• tirimghlantóir
• tirimshúileach
• triomach
• triomacht
• triomadán
• triomadóir
• triomaigh
• triomaitheach
• triomaitheoir
• triomú

 

Related terms

• triomach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tirim	thirim	dtirim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tirim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tírim, tirim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tirim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tirim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024