tiarna

tiarna

See also: Tiarna

Irish

Alternative forms

• tighearna (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigerna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiəɾˠn̪ˠə/

Noun

tiarna m (genitive singular tiarna, nominative plural tiarnaí)

1. lord
   1. master, ruler
   2. peer
   3. owner of leased or tenanted property

Declension

Declension of tiarna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tiarna tiarnaí Vocative a thiarna a thiarnaí Genitive tiarna tiarnaí Dative tiarna tiarnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tiarna na tiarnaí Genitive an tiarna na dtiarnaí Dative leis an tiarna don tiarna leis na tiarnaí

Derived terms

• aintiarna
• an Tiarna
• ardtiarna
• a Thiarna
• bantiarna
• fothiarna
• meántiarna
• Paidir an Tiarna
• teach tiarna
• tiarnaigh
• tiarnas
• tiarna talún
• tiarnúil

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tiarna	thiarna	dtiarna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tiarna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tigerna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “tiarna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tiarna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.