tnáith

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Irish

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Originally an alternative form of tráigh (to ebb) with semantic differentiation, as Old Irish tráigid also meant to exhaust.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

tnáith (present analytic tnáitheann, future analytic tnáithfidh, verbal noun tnáitheadh, past participle tnáite)

  1. (transitive) to fatigue, exhaust
    Synonyms: tuirsigh, sáraigh, traoch

Conjugation

[edit]

Mutation

[edit]
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tnáith thnáith dtnáith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ tnáith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 111

Further reading

[edit]