tiern
Breton
Etymology
From Old Breton tiern, from Proto-Celtic *tigerno- (compare Welsh teyrn, Cornish tern, Irish Tiarna, and Gaulish tigerno- (“lord, master of the house”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiːɛʁn/
Noun
tiern m (plural tierned)
- (historical) prince (noble)
- sovereign
Inflection
Mutation of tiern
| Breton consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
| singular | tiern | diern | ziern | unchanged | unchanged |
| plural | tierned | dierned | zierned | unchanged | unchanged |