tonnús
Irish
Alternative forms
- teanús, tionús
Etymology
From English tanhouse or its Middle English antecedent.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɤn̪ˠusˠ/
Noun
tonnús m (genitive singular tonnúis, nominative plural tonnúis)
- tanhouse, tannery (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Declension
Declension of tonnús
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tonnús | thonnús | dtonnús |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “tonnús” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “tionús” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 736.
- "tonnús" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20