tarnocht
Irish
Alternative forms
- tárnocht (superseded)
- tarnochta (Ulster)
Adjective
tarnocht (genitive singular feminine tarnoichte, plural tarnochta, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of tarnocht
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tarnocht | tharnocht | tarnochta; tharnochta² | |
| Vocative | tharnocht | tarnochta | ||
| Genitive | tarnoichte | tarnochta | tarnocht | |
| Dative | tarnocht; tharnocht¹ |
tharnocht | tarnochta; tharnochta² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tarnocht | tharnocht | dtarnocht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “tár-noċt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 721.
- "tarnocht" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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