tairngeartach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tairngertach (“one foretold or prophesied”), from do·airngir (“promises; foretells, prophesies”, verb).

Noun

tairngeartach m (genitive singular tairngeartaigh, nominative plural tairngeartaigh)

  1. prophesied one, deliverer

Declension

Declension of tairngeartach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tairngeartach tairngeartaigh
vocative a thairngeartaigh a thairngeartacha
genitive tairngeartaigh tairngeartach
dative tairngeartach tairngeartaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tairngeartach na tairngeartaigh
genitive an tairngeartaigh na dtairngeartach
dative leis an tairngeartach
don tairngeartach 		leis na tairngeartaigh

Adjective

tairngeartach (genitive singular masculine tairngeartaigh, genitive singular feminine tairngeartaí, plural tairngeartacha, not comparable)

  1. prophetic
    Synonyms: fáidhiúil, fáistineach

Declension

Declension of tairngeartach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tairngeartach thairngeartach tairngeartacha;
thairngeartacha2
vocative thairngeartaigh tairngeartacha
genitive tairngeartaí tairngeartacha tairngeartach
dative tairngeartach;
thairngeartach1 		thairngeartach;
thairngeartaigh (archaic) 		tairngeartacha;
thairngeartacha2
Comparative níos tairngeartaí
Superlative is tairngeartaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of tairngeartach
radical lenition eclipsis
tairngeartach thairngeartach dtairngeartach

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

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