mórthír

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“main”) +‎ tír (“land”).

Noun

mórthír f (genitive singular mórthíre)

1. (geography) mainland

Declension

Declension of mórthír (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mórthír vocative a mhórthír genitive mórthíre dative mórthír forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhórthír genitive na mórthíre dative leis an mórthír don mhórthír

Synonyms

• míntír
• tír mór

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórthír

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórthír	mhórthír	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórthír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN