tointe

Irish

Alternative forms

• taoinne, taoinnte, tuinte
• toinnte, tuinnte, tuínte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tuinnte, verbal noun of do·sní.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɨ̞n̠ʲtʲə/

Noun

tointe m (genitive singular tointe, nominative plural tointí or tointeacha)

1. stitch (any least part of a fabric or dress)

   Synonym: luid

2. a length of thread
3. strand

   tointe gruaige ― a strand of hair

Declension

Declension of tointe (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tointe tointí vocative a thointe a thointí genitive tointe tointí dative tointe tointí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tointe na tointí genitive an tointe na dtointí dative leis an tointe don tointe leis na tointí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tointe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tointe	thointe	dtointe

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. (1904) “taoinnte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 718
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tointe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN