tanaí
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[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]- (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈn̪ˠiː/, /t̪ˠɑˈn̪ˠiː/[2]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑniː/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠan̪ˠiː/
Adjective
[edit]tanaí (comparative tanaí or tanaíocha)
Declension
[edit]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
Noun
[edit]tanaí f (genitive singular tanaí, nominative plural tanaíocha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of tanaí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tanaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tanaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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 derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tenh₂-
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
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