tinneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tinnes. By surface analysis, tinn +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪɲəsˠ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪnʲəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪn̠ʲəsˠ/

Noun

tinneas m (genitive singular tinnis, nominative plural tinnis)

1. soreness
2. sickness

   Synonym: breoiteacht

3. ache

Declension

Declension of tinneas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tinneas tinnis vocative a thinnis a thinneasa genitive tinnis tinneas dative tinneas tinnis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tinneas na tinnis genitive an tinnis na dtinneas dative leis an tinneas don tinneas leis na tinnis

Derived terms

• leaba thinnis (“sickbed”)
• meath-thinneas (“indisposition”)
• seomra tinnis (“sick-room”)
• tinneas aeir (“air sickness”)
• tinneas alt (“gout”)
• tinneas bhéal an ghoile (“indigestion”)
• tinneas bréige (“malingering”)
• tinneas canála (“canal sickness”)
• tinneas caoldroma (“lumbago”)
• tinneas cinn (“headache”)
• tinneas clainne (“childbirth”)
• tinneas cluaise (“earache”)
• tinneas droma (“backache”)
• tinneas farraige (“seasickness”)
• tinneas fiacaile (“toothache”)
• tinneas fiacal (“toothache”)
• tinneas goile (“stomachache”)
• tinneas na muc (“purples”)
• tinneas sléibhe (“mountain sickness”)
• tinneas súl (“eye trouble”)
• tinneas tumadóra (“the bends”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of tinneas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tinneas	thinneas	dtinneas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tinneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tinneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tinnes. By surface analysis, tinn +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰiɲəs̪/

Noun

tinneas m (genitive singular tinneis, plural tinneasan)

1. sickness, disease, illness

Synonyms

• galar
• euslaint
• trioblaid

Derived terms

• taigh-tinneis (“hospital”)
• tinneas an t-siùcair (“diabetes”)
• tinneas na dighe (“alcoholism”)
• tinneas-cloinne (“childbirth, parturition”)

Mutation

Mutation of tinneas

radical	lenition
tinneas	thinneas

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