tanaí

See also: Tanai and Tanaï

Irish

Alternative forms
  • tana, tanaidhe, tanaidh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tanaide, related to tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (compare Welsh tenau), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tanaí (comparative tanaí or tanaíocha)

  1. thin, fine, sparse, weak, watery
  2. (of water) shallow

Declension
Declension of tanaí
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tanaí thanaí tanaí;
thanaí²
Vocative thanaí tanaí
Genitive tanaí tanaí tanaí
Dative tanaí;
thanaí¹		 thanaí tanaí;
thanaí²
Comparative níos tanaí
Superlative is tanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tanaí f (genitive singular tanaí, nominative plural tanaíocha)

  1. shoal, shallow water

Declension
Declension of tanaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tanaí tanaíocha
Vocative a thanaí a thanaíocha
Genitive tanaí tanaíocha
Dative tanaí tanaíocha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tanaí na tanaíocha
Genitive na tanaí na dtanaíocha
Dative leis an tanaí

don tanaí

 leis na tanaíocha

Synonyms

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

References
  • "tanaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “tanaide” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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