tighearna

See also: Tighearna

Irish

Noun

tighearna m (genitive singular tighearna, nominative plural tighearnaí)

1. Superseded spelling of tiarna.

Declension

Declension of tighearna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tighearna tighearnaí Vocative a thighearna a thighearnaí Genitive tighearna tighearnaí Dative tighearna tighearnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tighearna na tighearnaí Genitive an tighearna na dtighearnaí Dative leis an tighearna don tighearna leis na tighearnaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tighearna	thighearna	dtighearna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigernae. Cognates include Irish tiarna and Manx çhiarn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲʰijərˠn̪ˠə/
• Hyphenation: ti‧ghear‧na

Noun

tighearna m

1. lord

Declension

Declension of tighearna (type III masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tighearna	tighearnan
Genitive	tighearna	thighearnan
Dative	tighearna	tighearnan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) tighearna	(na) tighearnan
Genitive	(an) tighearna	(nan) tighearnan
Dative	(an) tighearna	(na) tighearnan
Vocative	thighearna	thighearnan

Derived terms

• baintighearna
• Tighearna

 

See also

• triath; morair (“lord; laird”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tighearna	thighearna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tighearna”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tigerna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Colin Mark (2003) “tighearna”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 584