tnúth
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish tnúth.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tnúth m (genitive singular tnútha)
- envy
- longing, desire, hopeful expectation
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
- Ní raibh aon fhear óg uasal timpall ná go raibh ag tnúth le Máire Bhán a dh’fhagháil le pósadh, ach ni raibh aon mhaith d’aoinne bheith á lorg.
- There was no young gentleman around who wasn’t longing to get Máire Bhán in marriage, but it was no use to anyone to ask her.
- verbal noun of tnúth
Declension[edit]
Declension of tnúth
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
tnúth (present analytic tnúthann, future analytic tnúthfaidh, verbal noun tnúth, past participle tnúite)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of tnúth (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tnúth | thnúth | dtnúth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tnúth, tnúd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tnúth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN