thanney
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish tanae (“thin, slender, narrow”), from Proto-Celtic *tanauyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tana.
Adjective
thanney
- (build) lean, lank, spare, slim, skinny, lanky, weedy, thin, scraggy
- thin (as paper)
- thin (of liquid), watery (of soup), weak (as solution)
- watery (of colour)
- attenuated, tenuous, flimsy, meagre, slender
- hollow (as friendship)