tairngeartach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tairngertach (“one foretold or prophesied”), from do·airngir (“promises; foretells, prophesies”, verb).
Noun
tairngeartach m (genitive singular tairngeartaigh, nominative plural tairngeartaigh)
- prophesied one, deliverer
Declension
Declension of tairngeartach
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
tairngeartach (genitive singular masculine tairngeartaigh, genitive singular feminine tairngeartaí, plural tairngeartacha, not comparable)
- prophetic
- Synonyms: fáidhiúil, fáistineach
Declension
Declension of tairngeartach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tairngeartach | thairngeartach | tairngeartacha; thairngeartacha² | |
| Vocative | thairngeartaigh | tairngeartacha | ||
| Genitive | tairngeartaí | tairngeartacha | tairngeartach | |
| Dative | tairngeartach; thairngeartach¹ | thairngeartach; thairngeartaigh (archaic) | tairngeartacha; thairngeartacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tairngeartaí | |||
| Superlative | is tairngeartaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tairngeartach | thairngeartach | dtairngeartach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tairngeartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prophetic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tairngertach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “tairngeartach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.