tighearnúil
Irish
Adjective
tighearnúil (genitive singular masculine tighearnúil, genitive singular feminine tighearnúla, plural tighearnúla, comparative tighearnúla)
- Superseded spelling of tiarnúil.
Declension
Declension of tighearnúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tighearnúil | thighearnúil | tighearnúla; thighearnúla² | |
| Vocative | thighearnúil | tighearnúla | ||
| Genitive | tighearnúla | tighearnúla | tighearnúil | |
| Dative | tighearnúil; thighearnúil¹ | thighearnúil | tighearnúla; thighearnúla² | |
| Comparative | níos tighearnúla | |||
| Superlative | is tighearnúla | |||
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 |
| tighearnúil | thighearnúil | dtighearnúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "tighearnúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.