tnúth
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish tnúth.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tnúth m (genitive singular tnútha)
- envy
- longing, desire, hopeful expectation
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
- Ní raibh aon fhear óg uasal timpall ná go raibh ag tnúth le Máire Bhán a dh’fhagháil le pósadh, ach ni raibh aon mhaith d’aoinne bheith á lorg.
- There was no young gentleman around who wasn’t longing to get Máire Bhán in marriage, but it was no use to anyone to ask her.
- verbal noun of tnúth
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]tnúth (present analytic tnúthann, future analytic tnúthfaidh, verbal noun tnúth, past participle tnúite)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of tnúth (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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tnúth | thnúth | dtnúth |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tnúth, tnúd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tnúth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN