tinne

See also: tinné

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tinne, from Proto-Germanic *tindijō (“point, peak, pinnacle”) or *tinnō, *tinnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.nə/

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• Hyphenation: tin‧ne
• Rhymes: -ɪnə

Noun

tinne f or n (plural tinnen)

1. (architecture) merlon, cop

   Synonym: kanteel

Related terms

• tand

Irish

Adjective

tinne

1. inflection of tinn:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of tinne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tinne	thinne	dtinne

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

Middle Irish

Etymology

From tin (“soft, fat part of body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲin͈ʲə/

Noun

tinne m

1. fletch, side of bacon or salt pork
   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:

     Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri.

     [There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.

Mutation

Mutation of tinne

radical	lenition	nasalization
tinne	thinne	tinne pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “2 tinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin.

Noun

tinne f (plural tinnes)

1. (Jersey) tin (airtight container used to preserve food)

Swedish

tinnar

Noun

tinne c

1. (architecture) a merlon, a cop
   1. (architecture, in the plural) battlement, crenellation
2. a pinnacle (upright, ornamental architectural member, small tower, or the like)

   ett slott med tinnar och torn

   a castle with towers and pinnacles ["tinnar och torn" is a common alliteration]

3. (figuratively) a pinnacle, a summit ((sharp) mountain top)

Declension

Declension of tinne

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tinne	tinnes
	definite	tinnen	tinnens
plural	indefinite	tinnar	tinnars
	definite	tinnarna	tinnarnas

See also

• borg
• fial
• krenelering
• skottglugg
• skyttegång
• slott

References

• tinne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tinne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tinne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)