tairngire

Irish

Alternative forms

• targaire, tarngaire

Etymology

The feminine noun is from Old Irish tairngire (“a promise, prophecy”). The masculine noun replaces Classical Gaelic tairngeartaidh (“prophet”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠɡəɾʲə/ (corresponding to the form targaire)

Noun

tairngire f (genitive singular tairngire)

1. Alternative form of tairngreacht

Declension

Declension of tairngire (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tairngire vocative a thairngire genitive tairngire dative tairngire forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tairngire genitive na tairngire dative leis an tairngire don tairngire

Noun

tairngire m (genitive singular tairngire, nominative plural tairngirí)

1. prophet

Declension

Declension of tairngire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tairngire tairngirí vocative a thairngire a thairngirí genitive tairngire tairngirí dative tairngire tairngirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tairngire na tairngirí genitive an tairngire na dtairngirí dative leis an tairngire don tairngire leis na tairngirí

Synonyms

• fáidh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tairngire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tairngire	thairngire	dtairngire

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “targaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tairngire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tairngere

Etymology

From to- +‎ ar- +‎ in- +‎ -gaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtarʲŋʲɡʲirʲe]

Noun

tairngire n (genitive tairngiri, nominative plural tairngire)

1. verbal noun of do·airngir: promise
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 109^d5

     Ní taít Día fo tairṅgere conid·chumscaiged.

     God does not come under a promise that he should alter it.

Declension

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tairngireN	tairngireL	tairngireL
Vocative	tairngireN	tairngireL	tairngireL
Accusative	tairngireN	tairngireL	tairngireL
Genitive	tairngiriL	tairngireL	tairngireN
Dative	tairngiriuL	tairngirib	tairngirib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: tairngire

Mutation

Mutation of tairngire

radical	lenition	nasalization
tairngire	thairngire	tairngire pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tairngire, tarngaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language