Temair

See also: temair

Old Irish

Temair, i mMidiu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲe.β̃ərʲ/, [ˈtʲeβ̃ɨrʲ]

Proper noun

Temair f (genitive Temro or Temrach)

1. (Irish mythology) Tara (a hill in County Meath, Ireland) associated with burials, ancient monuments, and legendary kings of Ireland.

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Temair	—	—
Vocative	Temair	—	—
Accusative	TemairN	—	—
Genitive	TemroH, TemraH	—	—
Dative	TemairL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Feminine k-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Temair	—	—
Vocative	Temair	—	—
Accusative	TemraigN	—	—
Genitive	Temrach	—	—
Dative	TemraigL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Temair
  • Irish: Teamhair
    • → English: Tara
• → Latin: Temoria

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Temair	Themair	Temair pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “temair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language