tiarnas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish tigernas. By surface analysis, tiarna +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiəɾˠn̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

tiarnas m (genitive singular tiarnais, nominative plural tiarnais)

  1. lordship (territory ruled by a lord), dominion (kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence), domain
  2. lordship, dominion (power, authority, sovereignty), domination (exercise of power in ruling), dominance, sway, rule
  3. (Christianity) dominion, domination (order of angel)
  4. Dominion (self-governing nation of the British Commonwealth)
  5. peerage (rank or title of a peer)

Declension

Declension of tiarnas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tiarnas tiarnais
vocative a thiarnais a thiarnasa
genitive tiarnais tiarnas
dative tiarnas tiarnais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tiarnas na tiarnais
genitive an tiarnais na dtiarnas
dative leis an tiarnas
don tiarnas 		leis na tiarnais

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiarnas
radical lenition eclipsis
tiarnas thiarnas dtiarnas

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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