tairngir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tairngirid, from Old Irish do·airngir (“to promise; foretell, prophesy”).

Verb

tairngir (present analytic tairngríonn, future analytic tairngreoidh, verbal noun tairngreacht, past participle tairngirthe)

1. foretell, prophesy
2. (literary) promise

Conjugation

conjugation of tairngir (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tairngrím	tairngríonn tú; tairngrír†	tairngríonn sé, sí	tairngrímid; tairngríonn muid	tairngríonn sibh	tairngríonn siad; tairngríd†	a thairngríonn; a thairngríos / a dtairngríonn*	tairngrítear
	past	thairngir mé; thairngríos	thairngir tú; thairngrís	thairngir sé, sí	thairngríomar; thairngir muid	thairngir sibh; thairngríobhair	thairngir siad; thairngríodar	a thairngir / ar thairngir*	tairngríodh
	past habitual	thairngrínn / dtairngrínn‡‡	thairngríteá / dtairngríteᇇ	thairngríodh sé, sí / dtairngríodh sé, s퇇	thairngrímis; thairngríodh muid / dtairngrímis‡‡; dtairngríodh muid‡‡	thairngríodh sibh / dtairngríodh sibh‡‡	thairngrídís; thairngríodh siad / dtairngrídís‡‡; dtairngríodh siad‡‡	a thairngríodh / a dtairngríodh*	thairngrítí / dtairngrít퇇
future		tairngreoidh mé; tairngreod; tairngreochaidh mé†	tairngreoidh tú; tairngreoir†; tairngreochaidh tú†	tairngreoidh sé, sí; tairngreochaidh sé, sí†	tairngreoimid; tairngreoidh muid; tairngreochaimid†; tairngreochaidh muid†	tairngreoidh sibh; tairngreochaidh sibh†	tairngreoidh siad; tairngreoid†; tairngreochaidh siad†	a thairngreoidh; a thairngreos; a thairngreochaidh†; a thairngreochas† / a dtairngreoidh*; a dtairngreochaidh*†	tairngreofar; tairngreochar†
conditional		thairngreoinn; thairngreochainn† / dtairngreoinn‡‡; dtairngreochainn†‡‡	thairngreofá; thairngreochthᆠ/ dtairngreofᇇ; dtairngreochthᆇ‡	thairngreodh sé, sí; thairngreochadh sé, s토/ dtairngreodh sé, s퇇; dtairngreochadh sé, s톇‡	thairngreoimis; thairngreodh muid; thairngreochaimis†; thairngreochadh muid† / dtairngreoimis‡‡; dtairngreodh muid‡‡; dtairngreochaimis†‡‡; dtairngreochadh muid†‡‡	thairngreodh sibh; thairngreochadh sibh† / dtairngreodh sibh‡‡; dtairngreochadh sibh†‡‡	thairngreoidís; thairngreodh siad; thairngreochadh siad† / dtairngreoidís‡‡; dtairngreodh siad‡‡; dtairngreochadh siad†‡‡	a thairngreodh; a thairngreochadh† / a dtairngreodh*; a dtairngreochadh*†	thairngreofaí; thairngreochtha토/ dtairngreofa퇇; dtairngreochtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go dtairngrí mé; go dtairngríod†	go dtairngrí tú; go dtairngrír†	go dtairngrí sé, sí	go dtairngrímid; go dtairngrí muid	go dtairngrí sibh	go dtairngrí siad; go dtairngríd†	—	go dtairngrítear
	past	dá dtairngrínn	dá dtairngríteá	dá dtairngríodh sé, sí	dá dtairngrímis; dá dtairngríodh muid	dá dtairngríodh sibh	dá dtairngrídís; dá dtairngríodh siad	—	dá dtairngrítí
imperative		tairngrím	tairngir	tairngríodh sé, sí	tairngrímis	tairngrígí; tairngrídh†	tairngrídís	—	tairngrítear
verbal noun		tairngreacht
past participle		tairngirthe

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of tairngir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tairngir	thairngir	dtairngir

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtarʲŋʲɡʲirʲ]

Verb

·tairngir

1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·airngir