iarthar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish íarthar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iarthar m (genitive singular iarthair)
- west (any absolute geographic location as one faces the setting sun)
- The West (of any geographic place)
Declension
[edit]Declension of iarthar
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms
[edit]- tuaisceart (“north”)
- oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
- oirthear (“east”)
- oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
- deisceart (“south”)
- iardheisceart (“southwest”)
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iarthar | n-iarthar | hiarthar | t-iarthar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarthar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN