aintighearna

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From ain- (“bad, unnatural; un-, anti-”) +‎ tighearna (“lord”). Compare Irish aintiarna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲdʲɪjərˠn̪ˠə/

Noun

aintighearna m (genitive singular aintighearna, plural aintighearnan)

  1. despot, tyrant

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of aintighearna
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aintighearna n-aintighearna h-aintighearna t-aintighearna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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