tigernae

Old Irish

Etymology

From tigern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos.

Noun

tigernae m

1. lord

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• coimdiu
• coimsid
• tríath
• túathach

Descendants

• Irish: tiarna
• Manx: çhiarn
• Scottish Gaelic: tighearna

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tigerna	thigerna	tigerna pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tigernae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language