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/

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

• deisceart (“south”)
• iardheisceart (“southwest”)
• iarthar (“west”)
• iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
• oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
• oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
• tuaisceart (“north”)

 

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

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