tigernae

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From tigern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲiɣʲer͈n͈ɘ]

Noun

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tigernae f

  1. 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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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tigernaeL tigernaiL tigernai
Vocative tigernaeL tigernaiL tigernai
Accusative tigernaiN tigernaiL tigernai
Genitive tigernae tigernaeL tigernaeN
Dative tigernaiL tigernaib tigernaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: tigerna
    • Irish: tiarna
    • Manx: çhiarn
    • Scottish Gaelic: tighearna

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tigernae thigernae tigernae
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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