Tiarna

See also: tiarna

Irish

Alternative forms

• Tighearna (superseded)

Etymology

See tiarna (“lord”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiəɾˠn̪ˠə/

Noun

Tiarna m (genitive singular Tiarna, nominative plural Tiarnaí)

1. Lord (aristocratic title)

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

Proper noun

An Tiarna m (genitive an Tiarna)

1. (Judaism, Christianity) the Lord (God)

Declension

Declension of Tiarna

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Tiarna Vocative a Thiarna Genitive Tiarna Dative Tiarna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Tiarna Genitive an Tiarna Dative leis an Tiarna don Tiarna

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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Tiarna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Tiarna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024