tinneas beannaithe

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, blessed sickness.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tinneas beannaithe m (genitive singular tinnis bheannaithe)

  1. (pathology) epilepsy
    Synonym: titimeas

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tinneas beannaithe thinneas beannaithe dtinneas beannaithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 184, page 71

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