teinn

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Irish

Adjective

teinn (genitive singular feminine teinne, plural teinne, comparative teinne)

  1. Superseded spelling of tinn.

Declension

Declension of teinn
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative teinn theinn teinne;
theinne2
vocative theinn teinne
genitive teinne teinne teinn
dative teinn;
theinn1 		theinn teinne;
theinne2
Comparative níos teinne
Superlative is teinne

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

Adjective

teinn

  1. (archaic) inflection of teann:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of teinn
radical lenition eclipsis
teinn theinn dteinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz. Cognate with Old English tān. For the divination aspect see Old English tānhlyta.

Noun

teinn m (genitive teins, plural teinar)

  1. twig, branch
    • Hymiskviða, st. 1/3–4
      hristu teina · ok á hlaut sǫ́u
      fundu at Ægis · ørkost hvera.
      they shook the twigs and looked at the divination;
      they found at Ægir’s home an immense choice of cauldrons.
  2. sprout

Declension

  Declension of teinn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative teinn teinninn teinar teinarnir
accusative tein teininn teina teinana
dative teini teininum teinum teinunum
genitive teins teinsins teina teinanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: teinn
  • Faroese: teinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tein; (dialectal) teidn, tæn
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: tein
  • Old Swedish: tēn
  • Danish: ten
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ten
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