tinn

See also: Tinn, tínn, and ti'nn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tinn,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tennis, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tinn (genitive singular feminine tinne, plural tinne, comparative tinne)

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Declension

Declension of tinn
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tinn thinn tinne;
thinne2
vocative thinn tinne
genitive tinne tinne tinn
dative tinn;
thinn1 		thinn tinne;
thinne2
Comparative níos tinne
Superlative is tinne

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tinn
radical lenition eclipsis
tinn thinn dtinn

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), “tinn, teinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 27; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 10, page 8
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 22
  5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 253, page 57
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 457, page 148

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tin.

Noun

tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

  1. tin (metallic element, chemical symbol Sn)
  2. pewter

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tin.

Noun

tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

  1. tin (as above)

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tinnu, from Proto-Germanic *tinnō, from earlier *tindnō, *tindnijō. Cognate with Old High German zinna (“pinnacle, merlon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tinn/, [tin]

Noun

tinn f

  1. beam, rafter

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative tinn tinna, tinne
accusative tinne tinna, tinne
genitive tinne tinna
dative tinne tinnum

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tinn, from Proto-Celtic *tennis, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tinn

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.