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 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

• Tuaisceart Éireann

See also

• aduaidh (“from the north”)
• ó thuaidh (“to the north”)
• thuaidh (“in the north”)

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.