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tairngeartach

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tairngertach (“one foretold or prophesied”), from do·airngir (“promises; foretells, prophesies”, verb).

Noun

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tairngeartach m (genitive singular tairngeartaigh, nominative plural tairngeartaigh)

  1. prophesied one, deliverer

Declension

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Declension of tairngeartach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tairngeartach tairngeartaigh
Vocative a thairngeartaigh a thairngeartacha
Genitive tairngeartaigh tairngeartach
Dative tairngeartach tairngeartaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tairngeartach na tairngeartaigh
Genitive an tairngeartaigh na dtairngeartach
Dative leis an tairngeartach

don tairngeartach

leis na tairngeartaigh

Adjective

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tairngeartach (genitive singular masculine tairngeartaigh, genitive singular feminine tairngeartaí, plural tairngeartacha, not comparable)

  1. prophetic
    Synonyms: fáidhiúil, fáistineach

Declension

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Declension of tairngeartach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tairngeartach thairngeartach tairngeartacha;
thairngeartacha²
Vocative thairngeartaigh tairngeartacha
Genitive tairngeartaí tairngeartacha tairngeartach
Dative tairngeartach;
thairngeartach¹ 		thairngeartach;
thairngeartaigh (archaic) 		tairngeartacha;
thairngeartacha²
Comparative níos tairngeartaí
Superlative is tairngeartaí

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tairngeartach thairngeartach dtairngeartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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