tanaí
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish tanaide, related to tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (compare Welsh tenau), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
tanaí (comparative tanaí or tanaíocha)
Declension
Declension of tanaí
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tanaí | thanaí | tanaí; thanaí² | |
Vocative | thanaí | tanaí | ||
Genitive | tanaí | tanaí | tanaí | |
Dative | tanaí; thanaí¹ |
thanaí | tanaí; thanaí² | |
Comparative | níos tanaí | |||
Superlative | is tanaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: tanaíocha
Derived terms
- croiméal tanaí (“pencil moustache”)
Noun
tanaí f (genitive singular tanaí, nominative plural tanaíocha)
Declension
Declension of tanaí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tanaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tanaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tanaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tanaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
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