iarthar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íarthar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəɾˠhəɾˠ/

Noun

iarthar m (genitive singular iarthair)

1. west (any absolute geographic location as one faces the setting sun)
2. The West (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of iarthar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative iarthar vocative a iarthair genitive iarthair dative iarthar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-iarthar genitive an iarthair dative leis an iarthar don iarthar

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• iartharach
• iartharán

 

See also

• aniar (“from the west”)
• siar (“to the west”)
• thiar (“in the west”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iarthar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarthar	n-iarthar	hiarthar	t-iarthar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern 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), “íarthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarthar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN