tointe

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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 gruaigea strand of hair

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

  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

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