tanae
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tanae (comparative tanu)
Inflection[edit]
| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | tanae | tanae | tanae |
| Vocative | tanai | ||
| 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[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| 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. | ||