tírghrá

Irish

Etymology

From tír (“land”) +‎ grá (“love”).

Noun

tírghrá m (genitive singular tírghrá)

1. patriotism

Declension

Declension of tírghrá (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tírghrá vocative a thírghrá genitive tírghrá dative tírghrá forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tírghrá genitive an tírghrá dative leis an tírghrá don tírghrá

Derived terms

• tírghrách (“patriotic”)
• tírghráthóir m (“patriot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tírghrá

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tírghrá	thírghrá	dtírghrá

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tírghrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tírghrá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tírghrá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025