tiarna

See also: Tiarna

Irish

Alternative forms

tighearna (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigerna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiəɾˠn̪ˠə/

Noun

tiarna m (genitive singular tiarna, nominative plural tiarnaí)

lord
1. master, ruler
2. peer
3. owner of leased or tenanted property

Declension

Declension of tiarna

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tiarna	tiarnaí
Vocative	a thiarna	a thiarnaí
Genitive	tiarna	tiarnaí
Dative	tiarna	tiarnaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tiarna	na tiarnaí
Genitive	an tiarna	na dtiarnaí
Dative	leis an tiarna don tiarna	leis na tiarnaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tiarna	thiarna	dtiarna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiarna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tigerna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “tiarna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tiarna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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