tíogar

Irish

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
singular plural
nominative tíogar tíogair
vocative a thíogair a thíogara
genitive tíogair tíogar
dative tíogar tíogair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tíogar na tíogair
genitive an tíogair na dtíogar
dative leis an tíogar
don tíogar 		leis na tíogair

Mutation

Mutated forms of tíogar
radical lenition eclipsis
tíogar thíogar dtíogar

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

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