míntír

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Synonyms

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.

References

  1. ^ “míntír”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mín-tír”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 745; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míntír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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