tirim

See also: tírim

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tirm, trim (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Old Irish tírim,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tīresmis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tirim (plural tirime or tiorma, comparative tirime or tiorma)

  1. dry

Declension

Regular declension:

Declension of tirim
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tirim thirim tirime;
thirime2
vocative thirim tirime
genitive tirime tirime tirim
dative tirim;
thirim1 		thirim tirime;
thirime2
Comparative níos tirime
Superlative is tirime

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Irregular declension:

Declension of tirim
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tirim thirim tiorma;
thiorma2
vocative thirim tiorma
genitive tirime tiorma tirim
dative tirim;
thirim1 		thirim tiorma;
thiorma2
Comparative níos tiorma
Superlative is tiorma

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tirim
radical lenition eclipsis
tirim thirim dtirim

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

References

References
  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tírim, tirim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 421, page 128; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 21, page 29
  5. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 262, page 133
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  7. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 226, page 51
  8. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 133, page 47; reprinted 1979
  9. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 303
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