oirthear

Irish

Etymology

From oir- (“facing, front, east”) + thear (“beyond”, literally “facing the horizon”), from Old Irish.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾʲhəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɾˠhiːɾʲ/[1]

Noun

oirthear m (genitive singular oirthir)

  1. (literary) front, front part
  2. east (any absolute geographic location as one faces the rising sun), eastern part
    1. The East (of any geographic place)

Declension
Declension of oirthear

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative oirthear
Vocative a oirthir
Genitive oirthir
Dative oirthear

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-oirthear
Genitive an oirthir
Dative leis an oirthear

don oirthear

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • in oirthear
  • um an oirthear
  • um an oirthear arís

See also
  • anoir (“from the east”)
  • soir (“to the east”)
  • thoir (“in the east”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oirthear n-oirthear hoirthear t-oirthear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oirthear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “oirthear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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