tine ghealáin

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “fire of brightness”

Noun

tine ghealáin f (genitive singular tine ghealáin, nominative plural tinte gealáin)

1. lightning
2. will o' the wisp
3. phosphorescence

Mutation

Mutated forms of tine ghealáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tine ghealáin	thine ghealáin	dtine ghealáin

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 teine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gealán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tine ghealáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN