iarthar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íarthar, from íar- (“beyond, behind, west”) + tar (“over, across”).[1][2]

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

Coordinate terms

compass points:  [edit]

iarthuaisceart tuaisceart oirthuaisceart
iarthar oirthear
iardheisceart deisceart oirdheisceart

Derived terms

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.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarthar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íar II (b)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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