mac tíre

Irish

FWOTD – 4 March 2015

Alternative forms

• mactíre

mac tíre

Etymology

From Old Irish macc tíre, corresponding to mac (“son”, noun) +‎ tíre (genitive of tír (“land”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmˠak ˈtʲiːɾʲə/

Noun

mac tíre m (genitive singular mic tíre, nominative plural mic tíre)

1. wolf

   Synonyms: cú allta, faolchú, madra alla, madra allta

   • 1958, Celtica, volume 4, page 107:

     Ag rú⟨t⟩ mac tíre tríotha [ag] rucam ráe?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mac tíre	mhac tíre	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mac tíre”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 455
• “wolf”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “mactíre” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.