tighearnaigh

Irish

Verb

tighearnaigh (present analytic tighearnaíonn, future analytic tighearnóidh, verbal noun tighearnú, past participle tighearnaithe)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Superseded spelling of tiarnaigh (“rule over, dominate”).

Conjugation

conjugation of tighearnaigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tighearnaím	tighearnaíonn tú; tighearnaír†	tighearnaíonn sé, sí	tighearnaímid; tighearnaíonn muid	tighearnaíonn sibh	tighearnaíonn siad; tighearnaíd†	a thighearnaíonn; a thighearnaíos / a dtighearnaíonn*; a dtighearnaíos*	tighearnaítear
	past	thighearnaigh mé; thighearnaíos	thighearnaigh tú; thighearnaís	thighearnaigh sé, sí	thighearnaíomar; thighearnaigh muid	thighearnaigh sibh; thighearnaíobhair	thighearnaigh siad; thighearnaíodar	a thighearnaigh / ar thighearnaigh*	tighearnaíodh
	past habitual	thighearnaínn / dtighearnaínn‡‡	thighearnaíteá / dtighearnaíteᇇ	thighearnaíodh sé, sí / dtighearnaíodh sé, s퇇	thighearnaímis; thighearnaíodh muid / dtighearnaímis‡‡; dtighearnaíodh muid‡‡	thighearnaíodh sibh / dtighearnaíodh sibh‡‡	thighearnaídís; thighearnaíodh siad / dtighearnaídís‡‡; dtighearnaíodh siad‡‡	a thighearnaíodh / a dtighearnaíodh*	thighearnaítí / dtighearnaít퇇
future		tighearnóidh mé; tighearnód; tighearnóchaidh mé†	tighearnóidh tú; tighearnóir†; tighearnóchaidh tú†	tighearnóidh sé, sí; tighearnóchaidh sé, sí†	tighearnóimid; tighearnóidh muid; tighearnóchaimid†; tighearnóchaidh muid†	tighearnóidh sibh; tighearnóchaidh sibh†	tighearnóidh siad; tighearnóid†; tighearnóchaidh siad†	a thighearnóidh; a thighearnós; a thighearnóchaidh†; a thighearnóchas† / a dtighearnóidh*; a dtighearnós*; a dtighearnóchaidh*†; a dtighearnóchas*†	tighearnófar; tighearnóchar†
conditional		thighearnóinn; thighearnóchainn† / dtighearnóinn‡‡; dtighearnóchainn†‡‡	thighearnófá; thighearnóchthᆠ/ dtighearnófᇇ; dtighearnóchthᆇ‡	thighearnódh sé, sí; thighearnóchadh sé, s토/ dtighearnódh sé, s퇇; dtighearnóchadh sé, s톇‡	thighearnóimis; thighearnódh muid; thighearnóchaimis†; thighearnóchadh muid† / dtighearnóimis‡‡; dtighearnódh muid‡‡; dtighearnóchaimis†‡‡; dtighearnóchadh muid†‡‡	thighearnódh sibh; thighearnóchadh sibh† / dtighearnódh sibh‡‡; dtighearnóchadh sibh†‡‡	thighearnóidís; thighearnódh siad; thighearnóchadh siad† / dtighearnóidís‡‡; dtighearnódh siad‡‡; dtighearnóchadh siad†‡‡	a thighearnódh; a thighearnóchadh† / a dtighearnódh*; a dtighearnóchadh*†	thighearnófaí; thighearnóchtha토/ dtighearnófa퇇; dtighearnóchtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go dtighearnaí mé; go dtighearnaíod†	go dtighearnaí tú; go dtighearnaír†	go dtighearnaí sé, sí	go dtighearnaímid; go dtighearnaí muid	go dtighearnaí sibh	go dtighearnaí siad; go dtighearnaíd†	—	go dtighearnaítear
	past	dá dtighearnaínn	dá dtighearnaíteá	dá dtighearnaíodh sé, sí	dá dtighearnaímis; dá dtighearnaíodh muid	dá dtighearnaíodh sibh	dá dtighearnaídís; dá dtighearnaíodh siad	—	dá dtighearnaítí
imperative		tighearnaím	tighearnaigh	tighearnaíodh sé, sí	tighearnaímis	tighearnaígí; tighearnaídh†	tighearnaídís	—	tighearnaítear
verbal noun		tighearnú
past participle		tighearnaithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tighearnaigh	thighearnaigh	dtighearnaigh
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