tinne
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tinnar
See also: tinné
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tinne, from Proto-Germanic *tindijō (“point, peak, pinnacle”) or *tinnō, *tinnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt- (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tinne f or n (plural tinnen)
- (architecture) merlon, cop
- Synonym: kanteel
Related terms
Irish
Adjective
tinne
- inflection of tinn:
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tinne | thinne | dtinne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle Irish
Etymology
From tin (“soft, fat part of body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tinne m
- fletch, side of bacon or salt pork
- c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 12, page 2: “Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. ― an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.”
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tinne | thinne | tinne pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 tinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norman
Etymology
Noun
tinne f (plural tinnes)
Swedish
Noun
tinne c
- (architecture) a merlon, a cop
- (architecture, in the plural) battlement, crenellation
- a pinnacle (upright, ornamental architectural member, small tower, or the like)
- ett slott med tinnar och torn
- a castle with towers and pinnacles
- (figuratively) a pinnacle, a summit ((sharp) mountain top)
Declension
| Declension of tinne | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tinne | tinnen | tinnar | tinnarna |
| Genitive | tinnes | tinnens | tinnars | tinnarnas |