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Old Irish
Etymology
From tigern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos.
Pronunciation
Noun
tigernae f
- lord
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 8d20
Is hé didiu in tecttaire maith con·daig indocbáil dia thigerni,- He is, then, the good messenger who seeks glory for his lord,
- c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published on Twitter (2017; @ChronHib), edited and with translations by David Stifter, stanza 126
As·oirc cach teglach co lí bassa fora tigernai.- Every beautiful household claps their hands over their lord.
Inflection
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of tigernae
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lenition |
nasalization
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| tigernae
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thigernae
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tigernae
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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