thanney

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tanae (“thin, slender, narrow”), from Proto-Celtic *tanauyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tana.

Adjective

thanney

  1. (build) lean, lank, spare, slim, skinny, lanky, weedy, thin, scraggy
  2. thin (as paper)
  3. thin (of liquid), watery (of soup), weak (as solution)
  4. watery (of colour)
  5. attenuated, tenuous, flimsy, meagre, slender
  6. hollow (as friendship)

Mutation

Mutation of thanney
radical lenition eclipsis
thanney hanney dhanney

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

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