"tinn" meaning in Irish

See tinn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tʲaiɲ/ [Munster, Cork, Waterford], /tʲəinʲ/ [Munster, Kerry], [tʲëinʲ] [Munster], /tʲiːn̠ʲ/ [Galway], /tʲin̠ʲ/ [Mayo, Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish tinn, from Proto-Celtic *tennis, related to *tanauyos (“thin”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|tinn}} Old Irish tinn, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “tinn, teinn”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*tennis}} Proto-Celtic *tennis Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}|genitive singular feminine|tinne||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|tinne||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|tinne|||head=|var=}} tinn (genitive singular feminine tinne, plural tinne, comparative tinne), {{ga-adj|comp=tinne|gsf=tinne|pl=tinne}} tinn (genitive singular feminine tinne, plural tinne, comparative tinne) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: tinne [feminine, genitive, singular], tinne [plural], tinne [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], tinn [masculine, nominative, singular], thinn [feminine, nominative, singular], tinne [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], thinne [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], thinn [masculine, singular, vocative], thinn [feminine, singular, vocative], tinne [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], thinn [genitive, masculine, singular], tinne [feminine, genitive, singular], tinne [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], tinn [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], tinn [dative, masculine, singular], thinn [dative, masculine, singular], thinn [dative, feminine, singular], tinne [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], thinne [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos tinne [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is tinne [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], tinn [error-unrecognized-form], thinn [lenition], dtinn [eclipsis], teinn [alternative]
  1. sore
    Sense id: en-tinn-ga-adj-LqsAW-DQ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. sick, ill Synonyms (sick, ill): breoite
    Sense id: en-tinn-ga-adj-OpiKk~RQ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'sick, ill': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tinneas
Categories (other): Health, Pathology Disambiguation of Health: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pathology: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "orig": "ga:Health",
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    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
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    [
      "tinn",
      "tinn#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*tennis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tennis"
    ],
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      "*tanauyos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanauyos"
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        "1": "ga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “tinn, teinn”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish tinn, from Proto-Celtic *tennis, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "tinn",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dtinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teinn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "tinne",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "tinne",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "tinne",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
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        "var": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "gsf": "tinne",
        "pl": "tinne"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sore"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sick, ill"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "sick, ill",
          "word": "breoite"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲaiɲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster",
        "Cork",
        "Waterford"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲəinʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster",
        "Kerry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʲëinʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲiːn̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲin̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tinn"
}
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    "Irish adjectives",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Health",
    "ga:Pathology"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tinneas"
    }
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "tinn",
      "tinn#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*tennis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tennis"
    ],
    [
      "*tanauyos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanauyos"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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        "3": "tinn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish tinn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “tinn, teinn”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
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        "1": "ga",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish tinn, from Proto-Celtic *tennis, related to *tanauyos (“thin”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is tinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dtinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teinn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "tinne",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "tinne",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "tinne",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tinn (genitive singular feminine tinne, plural tinne, comparative tinne)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "gsf": "tinne",
        "pl": "tinne"
      },
      "expansion": "tinn (genitive singular feminine tinne, plural tinne, comparative tinne)",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sick, ill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲaiɲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster",
        "Cork",
        "Waterford"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲəinʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster",
        "Kerry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʲëinʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲiːn̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲin̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "sick, ill",
      "word": "breoite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tinn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tinn meaning in Irish (4.6kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "tinn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "tinn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "tinn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "tinn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: tinn/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "tinn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
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  "title": "tinn",
  "trace": ""
}

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