oirthear

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish airthear, from air- (“front, east”) + tar (“over, across”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɾʲhəɾˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɾˠhiːɾʲ/ === Noun === oirthear m (genitive singular oirthir) (literary) front, front part east (any absolute geographic location as one faces the rising sun), eastern part The East (of any geographic place) ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== compass points: [edit] ==== Derived terms ==== in oirthear um an oirthear um an oirthear arís ==== See also ==== anoir (“from the east”) soir (“to the east”) thoir (“in the east”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “oirthear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “oirthear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026