tíograch

Irish

Etymology

From tíogar +‎ -ach.

Adjective

tíograch (genitive singular masculine tíograigh, genitive singular feminine tíograí, plural tíogracha, not comparable)

1. tiger (attributive)

Declension

Declension of tíograch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tíograch	thíograch	tíogracha; thíogracha²
Vocative	thíograigh		tíogracha
Genitive		tíograí	tíogracha	tíograch
Dative	tíograch; thíograch¹	thíograch; thíograigh (archaic)	tíogracha; thíogracha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• ciaróg thíograch
• cloicheán tíograch
• leamhan tíograch
• siorc tíograch

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tíograch	thíograch	dtíograch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “tíograch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024