teir

See also: téir

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tisres, feminine of *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tisres, feminine of *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.iʁ/

Numeral

teir f (masculine form tri)

1. three

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: div. Next: peder

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“they, those”), plural masculine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹 (þai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaiːɹ/

Pronoun

teir m pl

1. plural of hann; they

See also

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɛɾʲ/

Noun

teir f (genitive singular teire, nominative plural teireanna)

1. An evil omen; a portent of ill luck.

   Synonym: droch-thuar

2. taboo

   Synonym: geis

Declension

Declension of teir (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teir teireanna vocative a their a theireanna genitive teire teireanna dative teir teireanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teir na teireanna genitive na teire na dteireanna dative leis an teir don teir leis na teireanna

Derived terms

• teiriúil (“ill-starred”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teir	their	dteir

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