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Irish
Etymology
Literally, “fire of brightness”
Noun
tine ghealáin f (genitive singular tine ghealáin, nominative plural tinte gealáin)
- lightning
- will o' the wisp
- phosphorescence
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 teine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gealán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tine ghealáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN