tinn

See also: Tinn and tínn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Declension
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

Derived terms

Mutation
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
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 26

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tin.

Noun

tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tin.

Noun

tinn n (definite singular tinnet, uncountable)

  1. tin (as above)

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰĩːɲ/

Adjective

tinn

  1. sore
  2. sick, ill

Derived terms

References
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “tinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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