teorainn
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish tórand (“boundary, limit”), verbal noun of do·foirndea (“to represent, denote”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲoːɾˠənʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲoːɾˠən̠ʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɔːɾˠən̠ʲ/[2]
Noun
[edit]teorainn f (genitive singular teorann, nominative plural teorainneacha or teoranna)
Declension
[edit]Declension of teorainn
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- Alternative declension
Declension of teorainn
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Derived terms
[edit]- dúiche theorann (“borderland”)
- gan teorainn (“boundless, limitless, unlimited”)
- i dteorainn le (“bordering on, (living) next to”)
- luasteorainn (“speed limit”)
- teorainn luais (“speed limit”)
- teorannaigh (“delimit; limit, restrict”, verb)
- teoranta (“limited, restricted, confined”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| teorainn | theorainn | dteorainn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tórann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teorainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teorainn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “teorainn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024