tanae

Old Irish

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈtane/

Adjective

tanae (comparative tanu)

thin

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tanae	tanae	tanae
Vocative	tanai	tanae
Accusative	tanae	tanai
Genitive	tanai	tanae	tanai
Dative	tanu	tanai	tanu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	tanai	tanai
Vocative	tanai tanu*
Accusative	tanai tanu*
Genitive	tanae
Dative	tanaib
Notes	* when substantivized

Descendants

⇒ Irish: tanaí
Manx: thanney
Scottish Gaelic: tana

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tanae	thanae	tanae pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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