aintiarna

aintiarna

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“bad, unnatural; over-, excessive”) +‎ tiarna (“lord”). Compare Scottish Gaelic aintighearna.

Noun

aintiarna m (genitive singular aintiarna, nominative plural aintiarnaí)

1. despotic lord; tyrant

Declension

Declension of aintiarna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aintiarna aintiarnaí Vocative a aintiarna a aintiarnaí Genitive aintiarna aintiarnaí Dative aintiarna aintiarnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aintiarna na haintiarnaí Genitive an aintiarna na n-aintiarnaí Dative leis an aintiarna don aintiarna leis na haintiarnaí

Synonyms

• (tyrant): anlaith

Derived terms

• aintiarnas m (“tyranny”)
• aintiarnúil (“tyrannical”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

• "aintiarna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.