tonnús

Irish

Alternative forms

• teanús, tionús

Etymology

From English tanhouse or its Middle English antecedent.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɤn̪ˠusˠ/

Noun

tonnús m (genitive singular tonnúis, nominative plural tonnúis)

1. tanhouse, tannery (place where people tan hides to make leather)

Declension

Declension of tonnús

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tonnús tonnúis Vocative a thonnúis a thonnúsa Genitive tonnúis tonnús Dative tonnús tonnúis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tonnús na tonnúis Genitive an tonnúis na dtonnús Dative leis an tonnús don tonnús leis na tonnúis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tonnús	thonnús	dtonnús
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “tonnús”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tionús”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 736
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonnús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20