teochrios

Irish

Etymology

From teo- (“hot”) +‎ crios (“belt, zone, region”).

Noun

teochrios m (genitive singular teochreasa, nominative plural teochriosanna)

1. torrid zone, the tropics

   Synonym: trópaicí

Declension

Declension of teochrios (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teochrios teochriosanna vocative a theochrios a theochriosanna genitive teochreasa teochriosanna dative teochrios teochriosanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teochrios na teochriosanna genitive an teochreasa na dteochriosanna dative leis an teochrios don teochrios leis na teochriosanna

Derived terms

• teochriosach (“tropical”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teochrios

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teochrios	theochrios	dteochrios

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) “teochrios”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teochrios”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “teochrios”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025