tinn

See also: Tinn and tínn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tinn,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tennis, 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. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

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

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tinn/, [tin]

Noun

tinn f

  1. beam, rafter

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

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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