tiern

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiːɛʁn/

Noun

tiern m (plural tierned)

(historical) prince (noble)
sovereign

Inflection

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Mutation of tiern

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	tiern	diern	ziern	unchanged
plural	tierned	dierned	zierned	unchanged

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