Tír Dá Glas

Old Irish

Etymology

From tír (“land”) +‎ dá (“two”) +‎ glas (“stream”), literally “Land of Two Streams”.

Attested in the Cáin Adomnáin, from c. 700.

Pronunciation

  • (in non-dative forms) IPA(key): /ˌt̠ʲiːɾ d̪aː ˈɣlas/
  • (dative singular) IPA(key): /ˌt̠ʲiːɾʲ ˈðaː ˈɣlas/

Proper noun

Tír Dá Glas n (genitive Tíre Dá Glas)

  1. Terryglass, a village in Munster

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative Tír Dá Glas — —
vocative Tír Dá Glas — —
accusative Tír Dá Glas — —
genitive Tíre Dá Glas — —
dative Tír Dá Glas — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: Tír Dhá Ghlas
    • → English: Terryglass

Mutation

Mutation of Tír Dá Glas
radical lenition nasalization
Tír Dá Glas Thír Dá Glas Tír Dá Glas
pronounced with /dʲ-/

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

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