míntír

Irish

Alternative forms

• mín-tír (superseded)

Etymology

From mín (“smooth”) +‎ tír (“land”).

Noun

míntír f (genitive singular míntíre)

1. mainland
2. level, arable land

Declension

Declension of míntír (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative míntír vocative a mhíntír genitive míntíre dative míntír forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhíntír genitive na míntíre dative leis an míntír don mhíntír

Synonyms

• (mainland): mórthír

Mutation

Mutated forms of míntír

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míntír	mhíntír	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mín-tír”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míntír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN