tairnge

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Irish

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Noun

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tairnge m (genitive singular tairnge, nominative plural tairngí)

  1. Superseded spelling of tairne (nail (metal fastener)).

Declension

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Declension of tairnge (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tairnge tairngí
vocative a thairnge a thairngí
genitive tairnge tairngí
dative tairnge tairngí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tairnge na tairngí
genitive an tairnge na dtairngí
dative leis an tairnge
don tairnge
leis na tairngí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tairnge
radical lenition eclipsis
tairnge thairnge dtairnge

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

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (nail).

Noun

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tairnge m

  1. nail, spike, peg

Descendants

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  • Irish: tairne
  • Scottish Gaelic: tàirnge, tàirng, tarrang, tarrag

Mutation

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Mutation of tairnge
radical lenition nasalization
tairnge thairnge tairnge
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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