mac tíre
Irish
FWOTD – 4 March 2015
Alternative forms
- mactíre
mac tíre
Etymology
From Old Irish macc tíre, corresponding to mac (“son”) + tíre (genitive of tír (“land”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmˠak ˈtʲiːɾʲə/
Noun
mac tíre m (genitive singular mic tíre, nominative plural mic tíre)
- wolf
- 1958, in Celtica, volume 4, page 107:
- Ag rú<t> mac tíre tríotha [ag] rucam ráe?
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Synonyms: cú allta, faolchú, madra alla, madra allta
- 1958, in Celtica, volume 4, page 107:
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mac tíre | mhac tíre | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “mac tíre”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 455
- “wolf” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “mactíre” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.