tiarna

See also: Tiarna

Irish

Alternative forms

• tighearna (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigernae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiəɾˠn̪ˠə/

Noun

tiarna m (genitive singular tiarna, nominative plural tiarnaí)

1. lord
2. peer

Declension

Declension of tiarna (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tiarna tiarnaí vocative a thiarna a thiarnaí genitive tiarna tiarnaí dative tiarna tiarnaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tiarna na tiarnaí genitive an tiarna na dtiarnaí dative leis an tiarna don tiarna leis na tiarnaí

Derived terms

• a Thiarna
• aintiarna
• an Tiarna
• ardtiarna
• bantiarna
• fothiarna
• meántiarna
• Paidir an Tiarna
• teach tiarna
• tiarna talún
• tiarnaigh
• tiarnas
• tiarnúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiarna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tiarna	thiarna	dtiarna

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiarna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tiarna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tiarna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025