Teamhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Temair.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲãuwəɾʲ/[2]

Proper noun

Teamhair f (genitive Teamhrach)

  1. Tara (a hill in County Meath, Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Teamhair (fifth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Teamhair
vocative a Theamhair
genitive Teamhrach
dative Teamhair
Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Teamhair
genitive na Teamhrach
dative leis an Teamhair
leis an Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)
don Teamhair
don Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Teamhair
radical lenition eclipsis
Teamhair Theamhair dTeamhair

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), “temair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 218

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Teaṁair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1189; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Teamhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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