tairne

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tairnge, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tairne m (genitive singular tairne, nominative plural tairní)

  1. nail (“spike-shaped metal fastener”)

Declension
Declension of tairne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tairne tairní
Vocative a thairne a thairní
Genitive tairne tairní
Dative tairne tairní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tairne na tairní
Genitive an tairne na dtairní
Dative leis an tairne

don tairne

 leis na tairní

Derived terms
  • scriú-thairne m (“screw-nail”)
  • tairneáil (“nail”, verb)
  • tairne aisil m (“linchpin”)
  • tairne barrtha m, tairne leacaithe m (“clinch-nail”)
  • tairne ceárta m (“horseshoe nail”)
  • tairne comhla m (“door-nail”)
  • tairne crúcach m (“hook nail”)
  • tairne murláin m (“brass-headed nail”)
  • tairneoir m (“nailer”)
  • tairne ramhar m (“stub-nail”)
  • tairne seaca m (“frost-nail”)
  • tairne spíce m (“spike-nail”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tairne thairne dtairne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "tairne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “tairnge” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • “tairnge” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “tairne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “tairne” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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