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tiarnúil

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From tiarna +‎ -úil.

Adjective edit

tiarnúil (genitive singular feminine tiarnúla, plural tiarnúla, comparative tiarnúla)

  1. lordly (haughty, insolent), imperious
  2. masterful (authoritative), domineering, overbearing
    Synonyms: máistriúil, tiarnasach
  3. imperative (authoritatively or absolutely directive)

Declension edit

Declension of tiarnúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tiarnúil thiarnúil tiarnúla;
thiarnúla²
Vocative thiarnúil tiarnúla
Genitive tiarnúla tiarnúla tiarnúil
Dative tiarnúil;
thiarnúil¹ 		thiarnúil tiarnúla;
thiarnúla²
Comparative níos tiarnúla
Superlative is tiarnúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tiarnúil thiarnúil dtiarnúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ “tiarnúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading edit

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