tairngreacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older tairngire +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

Noun

tairngreacht f (genitive singular tairngreachta, nominative plural tairngreachtaí)

  1. verbal noun of tairngir
  2. prediction, prophecy

Declension

Declension of tairngreacht (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tairngreacht tairngreachtaí
vocative a thairngreacht a thairngreachtaí
genitive tairngreachta tairngreachtaí
dative tairngreacht tairngreachtaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tairngreacht na tairngreachtaí
genitive na tairngreachta na dtairngreachtaí
dative leis an tairngreacht
don tairngreacht 		leis na tairngreachtaí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tairngreacht
radical lenition eclipsis
tairngreacht thairngreacht dtairngreacht

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

References

  1. ^ “tairngreacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

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