tairngir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tairngirid, from Old Irish do·airngir (“to promise; foretell, prophesy”).

Verb

tairngir (present analytic tairngríonn, future analytic tairngreoidh, verbal noun tairngreacht, past participle tairngirthe)

foretell, prophesy
(literary) promise

Conjugation

conjugation of tairngir (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	tairngreacht
past participle	tairngirthe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	tairngrím	tairngríonn tú; tairngrír^†	tairngríonn sé, sí	tairngrímid; tairngríonn muid	tairngríonn sibh	tairngríonn siad; tairngríd^†	a thairngríonn; a thairngríos / a dtairngríonn*	tairngrítear
past	thairngir mé; thairngríos	thairngir tú; thairngrís	thairngir sé, sí	thairngríomar; thairngir muid	thairngir sibh; thairngríobhair	thairngir siad; thairngríodar	a thairngir / ar thairngir*	tairngríodh
past habitual	thairngrínn / dtairngrínn‡‡	thairngríteá / dtairngríteá‡‡	thairngríodh sé, sí / dtairngríodh sé, sí‡‡	thairngrímis; thairngríodh muid / dtairngrímis‡‡; dtairngríodh muid‡‡	thairngríodh sibh / dtairngríodh sibh‡‡	thairngrídís; thairngríodh siad / dtairngrídís‡‡; dtairngríodh siad‡‡	a thairngríodh / a dtairngríodh*	thairngrítí / dtairngrítí‡‡
future	tairngreoidh mé; tairngreod; tairngreochaidh mé^†	tairngreoidh tú; tairngreoir^†; tairngreochaidh tú^†	tairngreoidh sé, sí; tairngreochaidh sé, sí^†	tairngreoimid; tairngreoidh muid; tairngreochaimid^†; tairngreochaidh muid^†	tairngreoidh sibh; tairngreochaidh sibh^†	tairngreoidh siad; tairngreoid^†; tairngreochaidh siad^†	a thairngreoidh; a thairngreos; a thairngreochaidh^†; a thairngreochas^† / a dtairngreoidh; a dtairngreochaidh^†	tairngreofar; tairngreochar^†
conditional	thairngreoinn; thairngreochainn^† / dtairngreoinn‡‡; dtairngreochainn^†‡‡	thairngreofá; thairngreochthá^† / dtairngreofá‡‡; dtairngreochthá^†‡‡	thairngreodh sé, sí; thairngreochadh sé, sí^† / dtairngreodh sé, sí‡‡; dtairngreochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	thairngreoimis; thairngreodh muid; thairngreochaimis^†; thairngreochadh muid^† / dtairngreoimis‡‡; dtairngreodh muid‡‡; dtairngreochaimis^†‡‡; dtairngreochadh muid^†‡‡	thairngreodh sibh; thairngreochadh sibh^† / dtairngreodh sibh‡‡; dtairngreochadh sibh^†‡‡	thairngreoidís; thairngreodh siad; thairngreochadh siad^† / dtairngreoidís‡‡; dtairngreodh siad‡‡; dtairngreochadh siad^†‡‡	a thairngreodh; a thairngreochadh^† / a dtairngreodh; a dtairngreochadh^†	thairngreofaí; thairngreochthaí^† / dtairngreofaí‡‡; dtairngreochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go dtairngrí mé; go dtairngríod^†	go dtairngrí tú; go dtairngrír^†	go dtairngrí sé, sí	go dtairngrímid; go dtairngrí muid	go dtairngrí sibh	go dtairngrí siad; go dtairngríd^†	—	go dtairngrítear
past	dá dtairngrínn	dá dtairngríteá	dá dtairngríodh sé, sí	dá dtairngrímis; dá dtairngríodh muid	dá dtairngríodh sibh	dá dtairngrídís; dá dtairngríodh siad	—	dá dtairngrítí
imperative
–	tairngrím	tairngir	tairngríodh sé, sí	tairngrímis	tairngrígí; tairngrídh^†	tairngrídís	—	tairngrítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tairngir*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tairngir	thairngir	dtairngir

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtarʲŋʲɡʲirʲ]

Verb

·tairngir

third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·airngir