tiarnúil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
edittiarnúil (genitive singular feminine tiarnúla, plural tiarnúla, comparative tiarnúla)
- lordly (haughty, insolent), imperious
- masterful (authoritative), domineering, overbearing
- Synonyms: máistriúil, tiarnasach
- imperative (authoritatively or absolutely directive)
Declension
editDeclension of tiarnúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tigernamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tiġearnaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 733
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiarnúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN