tirim
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tirim (plural tirime or tiorma, comparative tirime or tiorma)
Declension[edit]
Regular declension:
Declension of tirim
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tirim | thirim | dtirim |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tirim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tírim, tirim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “tirim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tirim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.