tarnocht
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tarnocht (genitive singular feminine tarnoichte, plural tarnochta, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | tarnocht | tharnocht | tarnochta; tharnochta2 | |
| vocative | tharnocht | tarnochta | ||
| genitive | tarnoichte | tarnochta | tarnocht | |
| dative | tarnocht; tharnocht1 |
tharnocht | tarnochta; tharnochta2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| tarnocht | tharnocht | dtarnocht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tár-noċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 721
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarnocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN