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iarthar

iarthar

Irish

Noun

iarthar m ‎(genitive singular iarthair)

west (any absolute geographic location as one faces the setting sun)
The West (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of iarthar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	iarthar
Vocative	a iarthair
Genitive	iarthair
Dative	iarthar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-iarthar
Genitive	an iarthair
Dative	leis an iarthar don iarthar

Synonyms

siar (destination)
thiar (position)

Antonyms

oirthear

Derived terms

iartharach ‎(“western”)
iartharán ‎(“western”) (literature)

Related terms

aniar ‎(“east, eastward”)
deisceart ‎(“south”)
tuaisceart ‎(“north”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarthar	n-iarthar	hiarthar	t-iarthar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“íarthar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"iarthar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.