tuaisceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish túaiscert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

tuaisceart m (genitive singular tuaiscirt)

  1. north (any absolute geographic location on the left, as one faces the rising sun)
  2. The North (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of tuaisceart (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative tuaisceart
vocative a thuaiscirt
genitive tuaiscirt
dative tuaisceart
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tuaisceart
genitive an tuaiscirt
dative leis an tuaisceart
don tuaisceart

Coordinate terms

compass points:  [edit]

iarthuaisceart tuaisceart oirthuaisceart
iarthar oirthear
iardheisceart deisceart oirdheisceart

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuaisceart
radical lenition eclipsis
tuaisceart thuaisceart dtuaisceart

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