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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tuaisceart
Vocative a thuaiscirt
Genitive tuaiscirt
Dative tuaisceart

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an tuaisceart
Genitive an tuaiscirt
Dative leis an tuaisceart

don tuaisceart

Coordinate terms
  • oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
  • oirthear (“east”)
  • oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
  • deisceart (“south”)
  • iardheisceart (“southwest”)
  • iarthar (“west”)
  • iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)

Derived terms

See also

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuaisceart thuaisceart dtuaisceart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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