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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