tinneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tinnes. By surface analysis, tinn +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪnʲəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪn̠ʲəsˠ/

Noun

tinneas m (genitive singular tinnis, nominative plural tinnis)

1. soreness
2. sickness

   Synonym: breoiteacht

3. ache

Declension

Declension of tinneas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tinneas tinnis Vocative a thinnis a thinneasa Genitive tinnis tinneas Dative tinneas tinnis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tinneas na tinnis Genitive an tinnis na dtinneas Dative leis an tinneas don tinneas leis na tinnis

Derived terms

• leaba thinnis (“sickbed”)
• meath-thinneas (“indisposition”)
• seomra tinnis (“sick-room”)
• tinneas aeir (“air sickness”)
• tinneas alt (“gout”)
• tinneas bhéal an ghoile (“indigestion”)
• tinneas bréige (“malingering”)
• tinneas canála (“canal sickness”)
• tinneas caoldroma (“lumbago”)
• tinneas cinn (“headache”)
• tinneas clainne (“child-birth”)
• tinneas cluaise (“ear-ache”)
• tinneas droma (“backache”)
• tinneas farraige (“seasickness”)
• tinneas fiacaile (“toothache”)
• tinneas fiacal (“toothache”)
• tinneas goile (“stomachache”)
• tinneas na muc (“purples”)
• tinneas sléibhe (“mountain sickness”)
• tinneas súl (“eye trouble”)
• tinneas tumadóra (“the bends”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tinneas	thinneas	dtinneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tinneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tinnes. By surface analysis, tinn +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰiɲəs̪/

Noun

tinneas m (genitive singular tinneis, plural tinneasan)

1. sickness, disease, illness

Synonyms

• galar
• euslaint
• trioblaid

Derived terms

• taigh-tinneis (“hospital”)
• tinneas an t-siùcair (“diabetes”)
• tinneas na dighe (“alcoholism”)
• tinneas-cloinne (“childbirth, parturition”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tinneas	thinneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.