teine
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[edit] Estonian
[edit] Numeral
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teine
- (ordinal) The second, abbreviation 2., in the names of monarchs and popes II.
[edit] Pronoun
teine
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Etymology
Irish teine, Old Irish tene, g. tened, pl. tenti, Welsh tân, Cornish, Breton tan (in proper names also tanet): *tenet-, *tenos, Celtic root te, from tep (“‘hot’”), as in teas.
[edit] Noun
teine m. (genitive teine, plural teintean )
- fire, flame
- conflagration
- furze
- Old Gaelic name of the letter t.
[edit] Derived terms
- cliath-theine - grate
[edit] References
Alexander McBain, Gairm Publications, 1982
