tighearna

See also: Tighearna

Irish

Noun

tighearna m (genitive singular tighearna, nominative plural tighearnaí)

1. Superseded spelling of tiarna.

Declension

Declension of tighearna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tighearna tighearnaí Vocative a thighearna a thighearnaí Genitive tighearna tighearnaí Dative tighearna tighearnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tighearna na tighearnaí Genitive an tighearna na dtighearnaí Dative leis an tighearna don tighearna leis na tighearnaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tighearna	thighearna	dtighearna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tigerna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰi.ərˠn̪ˠə/

Noun

tighearna m (plural tighearnan)

1. lord

   Fàilt' air ar Tighearna!

   Hail to our Lord!

See also

• baintighearna
• triath
• morair

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tighearna	thighearna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tighearna”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tigerna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language