tirim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tírim.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪɾʲəmʲ/
  • (West Muskerry) IPA(key): /tʲɾʲɪmʲ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɛɾʲəmʲ/

Adjective

tirim (plural tirime or tiorma, comparative tirime or tiorma)

  1. dry

Declension

May be declined either as in table 1 (regular) or in table 2 (irregular):

Table 1
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.

Table 2
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

Mutation
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.
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