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thàna

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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

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