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tinn

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See also: Tinn, tínn, and ti'nn

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Declension

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Declension of tinn
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine
nominative tinn thinn tinne;
thinne2
vocative thinn tinne
genitive tinne strong noun weak noun
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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  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

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse tin.

Noun

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tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

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

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse tin.

Noun

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tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

  1. tin (as above)

References

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Old English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tinn f

  1. beam, rafter

Declension

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Strong ō-stem:

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tinn

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Derived terms

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References

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  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

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