thiar
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]thiar
Derived terms
[edit]- an Fronta Thiar (“the Western Front”)
- Indiacha Thiar
- Samó Thiar
- taobh thiar de
Adverb
[edit]thiar
Usage notes
[edit]- This word refers only to a static position (i.e., "in the west").
- The adjective is indeclinable in Irish
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | aneas |
| northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | — | anoir aduaidh |
| northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | — | aniar aduaidh |
| southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | — | anoir aneas |
| southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | — | aniar aneas |
| over there | sall | thall | lastall | anall |
| over here | — | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “thiar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45