From Proto-Celtic *tanauyos (compare Welsh tenau), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ταναός (tanaós, “outstretched, tall”), Latin tenuis, Old Norse þunnr).
tanae (comparative tanu)
io/iā-stem | |||
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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 |
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |