aintiarna

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ tiarna (“lord”). Compare Scottish Gaelic aintighearna.

Noun

aintiarna m (genitive singular aintiarna, nominative plural aintiarnaí)

1. despotic lord; tyrant

   Synonym: anlaith

Declension

Declension of aintiarna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aintiarna aintiarnaí Vocative a aintiarna a aintiarnaí Genitive aintiarna aintiarnaí Dative aintiarna aintiarnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aintiarna na haintiarnaí Genitive an aintiarna na n-aintiarnaí Dative leis an aintiarna don aintiarna leis na haintiarnaí

Derived terms

• aintiarnas m (“tyranny”)
• aintiarnúil (“tyrannical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aintiarna	n-aintiarna	haintiarna	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aintiarna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN