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)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	tairngrím	tairngríonn tú; tairngrír^†	tairngríonn sé, sí	tairngrímid; tairngríonn muid	tairngríonn sibh	tairngríonn siad; tairngríd^†	a thairngríonn; a thairngríos	tairngrítear
past	thairngir mé; thairngríos	thairngir tú; thairngrís	thairngir sé, sí	thairngríomar; thairngir muid	thairngir sibh; thairngríobhair	thairngir siad; thairngríodar	a thairngir	tairngríodh
past habitual	thairngrínn / tairngrínn^‡	thairngríteá / tairngríteá^‡	thairngríodh sé, sí / tairngríodh sé, sí^‡	thairngrímis; thairngríodh muid / tairngrímis^‡; tairngríodh muid^‡	thairngríodh sibh / tairngríodh sibh^‡	thairngrídís; thairngríodh / tairngrídís^‡; tairngríodh siad^‡	a thairngríodh	thairngrítí / tairngrítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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^†	tairngreofar; tairngreochar^†
conditional	thairngreoinn; thairngreochainn^† / tairngreoinn^‡; tairngreochainn^†^‡	thairngreofá; thairngreochthá^† / tairngreofá^‡; tairngreochthá^†^‡	thairngreodh sé, sí; thairngreochadh sé, sí^† / tairngreodh sé, sí^‡; tairngreochadh sé, sí^†^‡	thairngreoimis; thairngreodh muid; thairngreochaimis^†; thairngreochadh muid^† / tairngreoimis^‡; tairngreodh muid^‡; tairngreochaimis^†^‡; tairngreochadh muid^†^‡	thairngreodh sibh; thairngreochadh sibh^† / tairngreodh sibh^‡; tairngreochadh sibh^†^‡	thairngreoidís; thairngreodh siad; thairngreochaidís^†; thairngreochadh siad^† / tairngreoidís^‡; tairngreodh siad^‡; tairngreochaidís^†^‡; tairngreochadh siad^†^‡	a thairngreodh; a thairngreochadh^†	thairngreofaí; thairngreochthaí^† / tairngreofaí^‡; tairngreochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	tairngrím	tairngir	tairngríodh sé, sí	tairngrímis	tairngrígí; tairngrídh^†	tairngrídís	—	tairngrítear

past participle	tairngirthe

verbal noun	tairngreacht

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

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): /ˈt̪aɾʲ.ŋʲɡʲəɾʲ/
- (Blasse) [ˈt̪aɾʲ.ŋʲɡʲɪɾʲ]
- (Griffith) [ˈt̪aɾʲ.ŋʲɡʲɨɾʲ]

Verb

·tairngir

third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·airngir