tairngreacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • tairgín, tairngire, tairngireacht, targaire, targaireacht, tarngair, tarngair, tarngaireacht[1]

Etymology

From older tairngire +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠɡɪɾʲa(x)t̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form targaireacht); /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠɡɪɾʲə/[3] (corresponding to the form targaire)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tairngreacht thairngreacht dtairngreacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 303, page 107

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