"tír" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /tʲiːɾʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. “dry land” as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include English thirst, Latin terra. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*ters-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|tír}} Old Irish tír, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*tīros}} Proto-Celtic *tīros, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*ters-||dry}} Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), {{m-g|dry land}} “dry land”, {{cog|en|thirst}} English thirst, {{cog|la|terra}} Latin terra Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|tíre|||||||nominative plural|tíortha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} tír f (genitive singular tíre, nominative plural tíortha), {{ga-noun|f|~e|tíortha}} tír f (genitive singular tíre, nominative plural tíortha) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|t|ír|íre|pl=íortha|strong=yes}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: tíre [genitive, singular], tíortha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tír [indefinite, nominative, singular], tíortha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a thír [indefinite, singular, vocative], a thíortha [indefinite, plural, vocative], tíre [genitive, indefinite, singular], tíortha [genitive, indefinite, plural], tír [dative, indefinite, singular], tíortha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an tír [definite, nominative, singular], na tíortha [definite, nominative, plural], na tíre [definite, genitive, singular], na dtíortha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an tír [dative, definite, singular], don tír [dative, definite, singular], leis na tíortha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tír [mutation, mutation-radical], thír [lenition, mutation], dtír [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. land, country
    state, nation
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tír-ga-noun-69FQo8jZ
  2. land, country
    region, district, territory; people of country
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tír-ga-noun-7jIAyzo6
  3. land, country
    rural district(s)
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tír-ga-noun-AIS0~1jp
  4. land, country
    land (as opposed to sea)
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tír-ga-noun-XYH-V0oL Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 1 17 8 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alltathír (english: wild, rough, country) [feminine], i dtír (english: ashore), míntír (english: mainland) [feminine], mórthír (english: mainland) [feminine], tír chluiche (english: sporting country; hunting-ground) [feminine], Tír Eoghain (english: Tyrone), tír mór (english: mainland) [feminine], Tír na nÓg, tírdhreach (english: landscape), tírghrá (english: patriotism)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wild, rough, country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alltathír"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "ashore",
      "word": "i dtír"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mainland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "míntír"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mainland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mórthír"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sporting country; hunting-ground",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tír chluiche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Tyrone",
      "word": "Tír Eoghain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mainland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tír mór"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Tír na nÓg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "landscape",
      "word": "tírdhreach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "patriotism",
      "word": "tírghrá"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*tīros"
      },
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    },
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "dry land"
      },
      "expansion": "“dry land”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "thirst"
      },
      "expansion": "English thirst",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "terra"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin terra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tíortha",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a thír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a thíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tíre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tír",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na tíre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na dtíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation-radical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "thír",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dtír",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g3": "",
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country",
        "state, nation"
      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "land, country",
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          "land",
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        [
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        [
          "region",
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        ],
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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          "land"
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        [
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          "country"
        ],
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          "rural"
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        "feminine"
      ]
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        "land (as opposed to sea)"
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        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲiːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tír"
}
{
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "wild, rough, country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alltathír"
    },
    {
      "english": "ashore",
      "word": "i dtír"
    },
    {
      "english": "mainland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "míntír"
    },
    {
      "english": "mainland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mórthír"
    },
    {
      "english": "sporting country; hunting-ground",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tír chluiche"
    },
    {
      "english": "Tyrone",
      "word": "Tír Eoghain"
    },
    {
      "english": "mainland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tír mór"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tír na nÓg"
    },
    {
      "english": "landscape",
      "word": "tírdhreach"
    },
    {
      "english": "patriotism",
      "word": "tírghrá"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dry land"
      },
      "expansion": "“dry land”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "thirst"
      },
      "expansion": "English thirst",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "terra"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin terra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a thír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a thíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tíre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "an tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na tíre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na dtíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don tír",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na tíortha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tír",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "thír",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dtír",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country",
        "state, nation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country",
        "region, district, territory; people of country"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country",
        "rural district(s)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "rural",
          "rural"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, country",
        "land (as opposed to sea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲiːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tír"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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