tiern

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton tiern, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos (compare Welsh teyrn, Cornish tern, Irish Tiarna, and Gaulish *tigernos (“lord, master of the house”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːɛʁn/

Noun

tiern m (plural tierned)

  1. (historical) prince (noble)
  2. sovereign

Mutation

Mutation of tiern
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular tiern diern ziern unchanged
plural tierned dierned zierned unchanged

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

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