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tinn

See also: Tinn and tínn

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tinn,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tennis, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tinn (genitive singular feminine tinne, plural tinne, comparative tinne)

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Declension

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Declension of tinn
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tinn thinn tinne;
thinne²
Vocative thinn tinne
Genitive tinne tinne tinn
Dative tinn;
thinn¹ 		thinn tinne;
thinne²
Comparative níos tinne
Superlative is tinne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tinn thinn dtinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tinn, teinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 10, page 8
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 22

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse tin.

Noun

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tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

  1. tin (metallic element, chemical symbol Sn)
  2. pewter

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse tin.

Noun

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tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

  1. tin (as above)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *tinnu, from Proto-Germanic *tinnō, from earlier *tindnō, *tindnijō. Cognate with Old High German zinna (“pinnacle, merlon”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tinn f

  1. beam, rafter

Declension

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Declension of tinn (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative tinn tinna, tinne
accusative tinne tinna, tinne
genitive tinne tinna
dative tinne tinnum
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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tinn, from Proto-Celtic *tenni-, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tinn

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Derived terms

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References

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