Temair

See also: temair

Old Irish

Temair, i mMidiu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲe.β̃ərʲ/, [ˈtʲeβ̃ɨrʲ]

Proper noun

Temair f (genitive Temro or Temrach)

1. (Irish mythology) Tara (a hill in County Meath, Ireland) associated with burials, ancient monuments, and legendary kings of Ireland.

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Temair	—	—
vocative	Temair	—	—
accusative	TemairN	—	—
genitive	TemroH, TemraH	—	—
dative	TemairL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Feminine k-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Temair	—	—
vocative	Temair	—	—
accusative	TemraigN	—	—
genitive	Temrach	—	—
dative	TemraigL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Temair
  • Irish: Teamhair
    • → English: Tara
• → Latin: Temoria

Mutation

Mutation of Temair

radical	lenition	nasalization
Temair	Themair	Temair pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “temair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language