tanaí

See also: tanai, Tanai, and Tanaï

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tana, tanaidhe, tanaidh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tanaide,[1] related to tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanauyos (compare Welsh tenau), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈn̪ˠiː/, /t̪ˠɑˈn̪ˠiː/[2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑniː/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠan̪ˠiː/

Adjective

tanaí (comparative tanaí or tanaíocha)

  1. thin, fine, sparse, weak, watery
  2. shallow (of water)

Declension

Declension of tanaí
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tanaí thanaí tanaí;
thanaí2
vocative thanaí tanaí
genitive tanaí tanaí tanaí
dative tanaí;
thanaí1 		thanaí tanaí;
thanaí2
Comparative níos tanaí
Superlative is tanaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tanaí f (genitive singular tanaí, nominative plural tanaíocha)

  1. shoal, shallow water
    Synonyms: caol, tanalach

Declension

Declension of tanaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tanaí tanaíocha
vocative a thanaí a thanaíocha
genitive tanaí tanaíocha
dative tanaí tanaíocha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tanaí na tanaíocha
genitive na tanaí na dtanaíocha
dative leis an tanaí
don tanaí 		leis na tanaíocha

Mutation

Mutated forms of tanaí
radical lenition eclipsis
tanaí thanaí dtanaí

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tanaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

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