tón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ton"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoːn]

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Noun

tón m inan

1. tone

Declension

Declension of tón (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tón	tóny
genitive	tónu	tónů
dative	tónu	tónům
accusative	tón	tóny
vocative	tóne	tóny
locative	tónu	tónech
instrumental	tónem	tóny

Related terms

• polotón
• půltón

Further reading

• “tón”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tón”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoŋ/

Noun

tón m pl

1. plural of tån

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰouːn/

  Rhymes: -ouːn

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tóna (“to chant, intone”).

Noun

tón n (genitive singular tóns, no plural)

1. chant (in divine services)

Declension

Declension of tón (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tón	tónið
accusative	tón	tónið
dative	tóni	tóninu
genitive	tóns	tónsins

Etymology 2

Noun

tón m

1. indefinite accusative singular of tónn

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠũːn̪ˠ/ ~ /t̪ˠõːn̪ˠ/

Noun

tón f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tónanna)

1. Munster form of tóin

Mutation

Mutated forms of tón

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tón	thón	dtón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Noone

Verb

tón

1. burn

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Noun

tón f (genitive tóne, nominative plural tóna)

1. rear end, buttocks, arse

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tónL	tóinL	tónaH
vocative	tónL	tóinL	tónaH
accusative	tóinN	tóinL	tónaH
genitive	tóineH	tónL	tónN
dative	tóinL	tónaib	tónaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: tóin
• Manx: thoin
• Scottish Gaelic: tòn

Mutation

Mutation of tón

radical	lenition	nasalization
tón	thón	tón pronounced with /d̪-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Pichinglis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tón/

Noun

tón

1. alternative form of stón (“stone, testicle”)

Verb

tón

1. alternative form of stón (“to stone”)

References

• Kofi Yakpo (2019), A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 575

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ. Cognate with Lower Sorbian ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊn/
• Rhymes: -ʊn
• Hyphenation: tón
• Syllabification: tón

Pronoun

tón

1. this, the

Declension

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References

• “tón” in Soblex