tairne

Irish

Alternative forms

tairnge (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish tairnge, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːɾˠn̠ʲə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠæːɾˠn̠ʲə/

Noun

tairne m (genitive singular tairne, nominative plural tairní)

nail (“spike-shaped metal fastener”)

Declension

Declension of tairne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tairne	tairní
Vocative	a thairne	a thairní
Genitive	tairne	tairní
Dative	tairne	tairní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tairne	na tairní
Genitive	an tairne	na dtairní
Dative	leis an tairne don tairne	leis na tairní

Derived terms

Terms derived from tairne

scriú-thairne m (“screw-nail”)
tairneáil (“nail”, verb)
tairne aisil m (“linchpin”)
tairne barrtha m, tairne leacaithe m (“clinch-nail”)

tairne ceárta m (“horseshoe nail”)
tairne comhla m (“door-nail”)
tairne crúcach m (“hook nail”)
tairne murláin m (“brass-headed nail”)

tairneoir m (“nailer”)
tairne ramhar m (“stub-nail”)
tairne seaca m (“frost-nail”)
tairne spíce m (“spike-nail”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tairne	thairne	dtairne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"tairne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“tairnge” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
“tairnge” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “tairne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tairne” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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