tairngir — meaning in English Irish → English · translate English → Irish instead English meaning foretell verb To predict or announce something before it happens. prophesy verb To predict what will happen, especially by claiming divine or special insight. Senses tairngir is used for these senses in English: foretell (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy. prophesy To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. Related Irish words tuar