tíogar

Irish
Tíogar

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman tigre, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan ⁧𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌⁩ (tigri, “arrow”), ⁧𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀⁩ (tiγra, “pointed”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːɡəɾˠ/

Noun

tíogar m (genitive singular tíogair, nominative plural tíogair)

  1. tiger (Panthera tigris)

Declension
Declension of tíogar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tíogar tíogair
Vocative a thíogair a thíogara
Genitive tíogair tíogar
Dative tíogar tíogair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tíogar na tíogair
Genitive an tíogair na dtíogar
Dative leis an tíogar

don tíogar

 leis na tíogair

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tíogar thíogar dtíogar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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