teannta

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tennta, participle of tendaid (“to press”).[2]

Noun

teannta m (genitive singular teannta, nominative plural teanntaí)

  1. support, prop
  2. fix, difficulty
Declension
Declension of teannta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative teannta teanntaí
Vocative a theannta a theanntaí
Genitive teannta teanntaí
Dative teannta teanntaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an teannta na teanntaí
Genitive an teannta na dteanntaí
Dative leis an teannta

don teannta

leis na teanntaí
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

teannta

  1. past participle of teann

Noun

teannta

  1. plural of teann
  2. genitive singular of teannadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teannta theannta dteannta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 201, page 101
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tennta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tennta, participle of tendaid (“presses, strains, squeezes, tightens, fastens”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰaun̪ˠt̪ə/

Adjective

teannta

  1. joined together, close, compact, tight, pressed together

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
teannta theannta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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