tíogar

Irish

Tíogar

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman tigre, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiːɡəɾˠ/

Noun

tíogar m (genitive singular tíogair, nominative plural tíogair)

1. tiger (Panthera tigris)

Declension

Declension of tíogar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tíogar tíogair vocative a thíogair a thíogara genitive tíogair tíogar dative tíogar tíogair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tíogar na tíogair genitive an tíogair na dtíogar dative leis an tíogar don tíogar leis na tíogair

Mutation

Mutated forms of tíogar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tíogar	thíogar	dtíogar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.