tairnge

Irish

Noun

tairnge m (genitive singular tairnge, nominative plural tairngí)

1. Superseded spelling of tairne (“nail (metal fastener)”).

Declension

Declension of tairnge

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tairnge tairngí Vocative a thairnge a thairngí Genitive tairnge tairngí Dative tairnge tairngí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tairnge na tairngí Genitive an tairnge na dtairngí Dative leis an tairnge don tairnge leis na tairngí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tairnge	thairnge	dtairnge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”).

Noun

tairnge m

1. nail, spike, peg

Descendants

• Irish: tairne
• Scottish Gaelic: tàirnge, tàirng, tarrang, tarrag

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tairnge	thairnge	tairnge pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tairnge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language