thàna
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tànicc.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈhãːnə/[1]
- (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈhaːnə/[2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈhɛ̃ːnə/[3]
Verb
thàna
- past of thig
- nuair a thàna mi gu mullach a' chnuic ― when I came to the top of the hill
Usage notes
- Only found preceding consonants. Not always distinguished from thàinig in the written language.
- The dependent form is tàna.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 278
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 142
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 141