tinne
See also: tinné
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch tinne, from Proto-Germanic *tindijō (“point, peak, pinnacle”) or *tinnō, *tinnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt- (“tooth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tinne f or n (plural tinnen)
- (architecture) merlon, cop
- Synonym: kanteel
Related terms edit
Irish edit
Adjective edit
tinne
- inflection of tinn:
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tinne | thinne | dtinne |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
From tin (“soft, fat part of body”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tinne m
- fletch, side of bacon or salt pork
- c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 12, page 2: “Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. ― [There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.”
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tinne | thinne | tinne pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 tinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tinne f (plural tinnes)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
tinne c
- (architecture) a merlon, a cop
- (architecture, in the plural) battlement, crenellation
- a pinnacle (upright, ornamental architectural member, small tower, or the like)
- ett slott med tinnar och torn
- a castle with towers and pinnacles ["tinnar och torn" is a common alliteration]
- (figuratively) a pinnacle, a summit ((sharp) mountain top)
Declension edit
Declension of tinne | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tinne | tinnen | tinnar | tinnarna |
Genitive | tinnes | tinnens | tinnars | tinnarnas |