teorainn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tórand (“boundary, limit”), verbal noun of do·foirndea (“to represent, denote”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

teorainn f (genitive singular teorann, nominative plural teorainneacha or teoranna)

  1. limit
  2. boundary
  3. border, frontier
  4. borderline, margin

Declension

Declension of teorainn (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative teorainn teorainneacha
vocative a theorainn a theorainneacha
genitive teorann teorainneacha
dative teorainn teorainneacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an teorainn na teorainneacha
genitive na teorann na dteorainneacha
dative leis an teorainn
don teorainn 		leis na teorainneacha
Alternative declension
Declension of teorainn (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative teorainn teoranna
vocative a theorainn a theoranna
genitive teorann teorann
dative teorainn teoranna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an teorainn na teoranna
genitive na teorann na dteorann
dative leis an teorainn
don teorainn 		leis na teoranna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of teorainn
radical lenition eclipsis
teorainn theorainn dteorainn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tórann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

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