tointe

Irish

Alternative forms
  • taoinne, taoinnte, tuinte
  • toinnte, tuinnte, tuínte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tuinnte, verbal noun of do·sní.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɨ̞n̠ʲtʲə/[2]

Noun

tointe m (genitive singular tointe, nominative plural tointí or tointeacha)

  1. stitch (any least part of a fabric or dress)
    Synonym: luid
  2. a length of thread
  3. strand
    tointe gruaige ― a strand of hair

Declension
Declension of tointe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tointe tointí
Vocative a thointe a thointí
Genitive tointe tointí
Dative tointe tointí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tointe na tointí
Genitive an tointe na dtointí
Dative leis an tointe

don tointe

 leis na tointí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tointe thointe dtointe
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), “1 tuinnte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

Further reading
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