aintiarna

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ tiarna (“lord”). Compare Scottish Gaelic aintighearna.

Noun

aintiarna m (genitive singular aintiarna, nominative plural aintiarnaí)

1. despotic lord; tyrant

   Synonym: anlaith

Declension

Declension of aintiarna (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aintiarna aintiarnaí vocative a aintiarna a aintiarnaí genitive aintiarna aintiarnaí dative aintiarna aintiarnaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aintiarna na haintiarnaí genitive an aintiarna na n-aintiarnaí dative leis an aintiarna don aintiarna leis na haintiarnaí

Derived terms

• aintiarnas m (“tyranny”)
• aintiarnúil (“tyrannical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of aintiarna

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aintiarna	n-aintiarna	haintiarna	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aintiarna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN