tiarnúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tiarnúil (genitive singular feminine tiarnúla, plural tiarnúla, comparative tiarnúla)
- lordly (haughty, insolent), imperious
- masterful (authoritative), domineering, overbearing
- Synonyms: máistriúil, tiarnasach
- imperative (authoritatively or absolutely directive)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tiarnúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tiarnúil | thiarnúil | tiarnúla; thiarnúla² | |
| Vocative | thiarnúil | tiarnúla | ||
| Genitive | tiarnúla | tiarnúla | tiarnúil | |
| Dative | tiarnúil; thiarnúil¹ |
thiarnúil | tiarnúla; thiarnúla² | |
| Comparative | níos tiarnúla | |||
| Superlative | is tiarnúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tiarnúil | thiarnúil | dtiarnúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tigernamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tiġearnaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 733
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiarnúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN