tón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ton"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoːn]

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Noun

tón m inan

1. tone

Declension

Declension of tón (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tón	tóny
genitive	tónu	tónů
dative	tónu	tónům
accusative	tón	tóny
vocative	tóne	tóny
locative	tónu	tónech
instrumental	tónem	tóny

Related terms

• polotón
• půltón

 

Further reading

• “tón”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “tón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰouːn/

  Rhymes: -ouːn

Etymology 1

From tóna (“to chant, intone”).

Noun

tón n (genitive singular tóns, no plural)

1. chant (in divine services)

Declension

declension of tón

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tón	tónið
accusative	tón	tónið
dative	tóni	tóninu
genitive	tóns	tónsins

Etymology 2

Noun

tón m

1. indefinite accusative singular of tónn

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠũːn̪ˠ] IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠõːn̪ˠ]

Noun

tón f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tónanna)

1. Munster form of tóin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tón	thón	dtón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Noone

Verb

tón

1. burn

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative