tonnús

Irish

Alternative forms

teanús, tionús

Etymology

From English tanhouse or its Middle English antecedent.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɤn̪ˠusˠ/

Noun

tonnús m (genitive singular tonnúis, nominative plural tonnúis)

tanhouse, tannery (place where people tan hides to make leather)

Declension

Declension of tonnús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tonnús	tonnúis
Vocative	a thonnúis	a thonnúsa
Genitive	tonnúis	tonnús
Dative	tonnús	tonnúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tonnús	na tonnúis
Genitive	an tonnúis	na dtonnús
Dative	leis an tonnús don tonnús	leis na tonnúis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tonnús	thonnús	dtonnús
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“tonnús”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tionús”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 736
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonnús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20

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