tunna

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

tunna f (genitive singular tunnu, plural tunnur)

  1. ton
  2. (archaic, cubic measure) 8 skeppur
    Synonym: krambúðarmál
  3. (nautical) crow's nest

Declension

Declension of tunna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tunna tunnan tunnur tunnurnar
accusative tunnu tunnuna tunnur tunnurnar
dative tunnu tunnuni tunnum tunnunum
genitive tunnu tunnunnar tunna tunnanna

Icelandic

Noun

tunna f (genitive singular tunnu, nominative plural tunnur)

  1. barrel, cask, tun

Declension

declension of tunna
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tunna tunnan tunnur tunnurnar
accusative tunnu tunnuna tunnur tunnurnar
dative tunnu tunnunni tunnum tunnunum
genitive tunnu tunnunnar tunna tunnanna

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tunna (“cask”). Compare Icelandic tunna (“barrel”).

Noun

tunna m (genitive singular tunna, nominative plural tunnaí)

  1. tun

Declension

Declension of tunna

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tunna tunnaí
Vocative a thunna a thunnaí
Genitive tunna tunnaí
Dative tunna tunnaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tunna na tunnaí
Genitive an tunna na dtunnaí
Dative leis an tunna

don tunna

leis na tunnaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tunna thunna dtunna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō

Pronunciation

Noun

tunna f (genitive tunnae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. tun, box

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tunna tunnae
Genitive tunnae tunnārum
Dative tunnae tunnīs
Accusative tunnam tunnās
Ablative tunnā tunnīs
Vocative tunna tunnae

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

tunna f sg

  1. definite singular of tunne

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

tunna (present tense tunnar, past tense tunna, past participle tunna, passive infinitive tunnast, present participle tunnande, imperative tunna/tunn)

  1. to swing (around something), rotate
  2. to fuss, fidget

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From tunn

Adjective

tunna

  1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of tunn:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb

tunna

  1. to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions av, ur, ut).
    Månen föll och stjärnorna tunnade av.
    The moon fell and the stars dispersed.
    åtminstone hade hans ansikte spår av en gammal våldsam solbränna, som för länge sedan hade tunnats ut till gult
    at least his face bore traces of an old grim tan, which long ago had faded to yellow
Conjugation
Conjugation of tunna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tunna tunnas
Supine tunnat tunnats
Imperative tunna —
Imper. plural1 tunnen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tunnar tunnade tunnas tunnades
Ind. plural1 tunna tunnade tunnas tunnades
Subjunctive2 tunne tunnade tunnes tunnades
Participles
Present participle tunnande
Past participle tunnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish tunna, from Old Norse tunna. Cognate with Old Saxon tunna, Old English tunne, Medieval Latin tunna, tonna.

Noun

tunna c

  1. a barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
  2. a barrel, an historic measure of dry volume, four-bushel measure
Declension
Declension of tunna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tunna tunnan tunnor tunnorna
Genitive tunnas tunnans tunnors tunnornas
Related terms

References

Anagrams

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