tanaí
See also: Tanai and Tanaï
Irish
Alternative forms
- tana, tanaidhe, tanaidh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish tanaide, related to tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanauyos (compare Welsh tenau), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈn̪ˠiː/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑniː/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠan̪ˠiː/
Adjective
tanaí (comparative tanaí or tanaíocha)
- thin, fine, sparse, weak, watery
- (of water) shallow
Declension
Declension of tanaí
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tanaí | thanaí | tanaí; thanaí² | |
| Vocative | thanaí | tanaí | ||
| Genitive | tanaí | tanaí | tanaí | |
| Dative | tanaí; thanaí¹ | thanaí | tanaí; thanaí² | |
| Comparative | níos tanaí | |||
| Superlative | is tanaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: tanaíocha
Noun
tanaí f (genitive singular tanaí, nominative plural tanaíocha)
- shoal, shallow water
- Synonyms: caol, tanalach
Declension
Declension of tanaí
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tanaí | thanaí | dtanaí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tanaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tanaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “tanaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tanaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14