tunnag
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editCompare Irish tonnóg and Manx thunnag.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittunnag f (genitive singular tunnaige, plural tunnagan)
Declension
editDeclension of tunnag (class IIa feminine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | tunnag | tunnagan |
| Genitive | tunnaige, tunnaig | thunnag |
| Dative | tunnaig | tunnagan; tunnagaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) tunnag | (na) tunnagan |
| Genitive | (na) tunnaige, tunnaig | (nan) tunnag |
| Dative | (an) tunnaig | (na) tunnagan; tunnagaibh✝ |
| Vocative | thunnag | thunnaga |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Mutation
edit| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tunnag | thunnag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
edit- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap