tanaí

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See also: Tanai and Tanaï

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish tanaide,[1] related to tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanauyos (compare Welsh tenau), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, outstretched, tall), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tanaí (comparative tanaí or tanaíocha)

  1. thin, fine, sparse, weak, watery
  2. shallow (of water)

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

tanaí f (genitive singular tanaí, nominative plural tanaíocha)

  1. shoal, shallow water
    Synonyms: caol, tanalach

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tanaí thanaí dtanaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tanaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

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