Teamhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish temair (“high place, hill”).

Proper noun

Teamhair f (genitive Teamhrach)

  1. Tara (place in Ireland)

Declension
Declension of Teamhair

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative Teamhair
Vocative a Theamhair
Genitive Teamhrach
Dative Teamhair
Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Teamhair
Genitive na Teamhrach
Dative leis an Teamhair
leis an Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

don Teamhair
don Teamhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Teamhair Theamhair dTeamhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "Teamhair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “temair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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