tiarnas
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish tigernas. By surface analysis, tiarna + -as.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittiarnas m (genitive singular tiarnais, nominative plural tiarnais)
- lordship (territory ruled by a lord), dominion (kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence), domain
- lordship, dominion (power, authority, sovereignty), domination (exercise of power in ruling), dominance, sway, rule
- (Christianity) dominion, domination (order of angel)
- Dominion (self-governing nation of the British Commonwealth)
- peerage (rank or title of a peer)
Declension
editDeclension of tiarnas
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- aintiarnas (“tyranny”)
- an Tiarnas (“Lordship, County Louth”)
- ardtiarnas (“overlordship”)
- Tiarnas Cheanada (“Dominion of Canada”)
- Tiarnas na hÉireann (“Lordship of Ireland”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tiarnas | thiarnas | dtiarnas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- “tiarnas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tigernas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tiġearnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 733
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiarnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN