tairne
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish tairnge,[2] from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).
Noun
tairne m (genitive singular tairne, nominative plural tairní)
- nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)
Declension
Declension of tairne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- scriú-thairne
- tairne aisil
- tairne barrtha
- tairne ceárta
- tairne comhla
- tairne crúcach
- tairne leacaithe
- tairne murláin
- tairne ramhar
- tairne seaca
- tairne spíce
- tairneáil
- tairneoir
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tairne | thairne | dtairne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tairnge”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 710
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tairnge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tairne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tairne” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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