tí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰʊiː]
Homophones: tíð, týð
Rhymes: -ʊiː

Pronoun

tí n sg

(personal) it, dative singular form of tað (it)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person masc.	3^rd person fem.	3^rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg	hann	hana	tað
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans^†	hennara, hennar^†	tess

Plural (fleirtal)	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person masc.	3^rd person fem.	3^rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum	teir	tær	tey
Dative (hvørjumfall)	okkum	tykkum	teimum, teim^†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Pronoun

tí m sg or f sg or n sg

(demonstrative) that, dative singular form of tann

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†	tað
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess

Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†	tær	tey
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Conjunction

tí

because, for
- Eg dugi ikki føroyskt, tí eg havi ikki verið í Føroyum.
  I don't know Faroese for I have not been in the Faroes.
- Eg dugi ikki føroyskt, av tí at eg ikki havi verið í Føroyum.
  I don't know Faroese, because I have not been in the Faroes.

Adverb

tí

therefore
- Tað er ikki tí so stuttligt, at tú komst.
  It's not therefore so funny, that you come.

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Pronunciation

Rhymes: -i

Verb

tí variant of dí

to sleep, to spend the night
Mú tí té'. ― The child slept a lot.

Particle

tí

Marker of the next day future tense
Po (gɔ) tí ghɔ gó. ― You will go afield.

Related terms

gɔ
tíjʉm
títə́

References

Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
K'ayyang Foba Maï, Processus de grammaticalisation en Ghomala’ (2021)

Etymology

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰiː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

tí n (genitive singular tís, nominative plural tí)

(golf) tee (wooden or plastic peg from which a golf ball is hit)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tí	tíið	tí	tíin
accusative	tí	tíið	tí	tíin
dative	tíi	tíinu	tíum	tíunum
genitive	tís	tísins	tía	tíanna

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Declension of tí (neuter)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲiː/

Etymology 1

Noun

tí f (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

(obsolete except in the phrase ar tí) track, trace

Declension

More information bare forms, case ...

Declension of tí (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	tí	tithe
vocative	a thí	a thithe
genitive	tí	tithe
dative	tí	tithe

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an tí	na tithe
genitive	na tí	na dtithe
dative	leis an tí don tí	leis na tithe

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Derived terms

ar tí

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

tighe (superseded)

Noun

tí

genitive singular of teach

Etymology 3

Verb

tí

(obsolete except in the phrase go dtí) subjunctive analytic of tar

Derived terms

go dtí (go)

Etymology 4

Verb

tí

Alternative spelling of tchí

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Mutated forms of tí
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tí	thí	dtí

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References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/^[1]

Noun

tí

water

References

[1]
Adolfo Constenla Umaña, Gramática de la lengua guatusa (1998)

Pronunciation

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Romanization

tí (ti², Zhuyin ㄊㄧˊ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 偍
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厗
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啼
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗁 / 啼
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堢
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媂
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媞
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 提
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梮
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漽
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑅
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睅
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碮
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禔
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禵 / 𰨖
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稊
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綈 / 绨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緹 / 缇
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缇
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罤
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苏
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荑
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕙
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褆
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諡 / 谥
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謕
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 谒
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趧
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹄
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹏 / 蹄
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遆
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醍
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 銴
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍗
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隄
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 題 / 题
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 题
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騠 / 𫘨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮧 / 𱇧
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮷 / 𬶕
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鯷 / 鳀
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵜 / 鹈
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶗 / 𫛸
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶙 / 𱊕
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷜 / 𬸞
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼶

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Etymology

From English tea.

Noun

tí

tea

References

Iontenwennaweienstahkhwa' - Mohawk Spelling Dictionary, The University of the State of New York, 1977, page 81
Nancy Bonvillain (1978) “Linguistic Change in Akwesasne Mohawk: French and English Influences”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 1, page 38

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).^[1]

Noun

tí f

cloak
Synonym: bratt
- c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 52
  Gabthae tí chorcrae imon ríg lasa senad co ndimbríg.
  Ba do genuch fo·cres sin níbu dúthracht a chumtaig.
  The king was dressed with a purple cloak by the contemptible assembly.
  It was for mocking that it was put [over him]; it was not a desire to cover him.

Inflection

More information Feminine g-stem, Singular ...

Feminine g-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tí	tíg^L	tíg
Vocative	tí	tíg^L	tíga
Accusative	tíg^N	tíg^L	tíga
Genitive	tíg	tíg	tíg^N
Dative	tíg^L	tígaib	tígaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

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Etymology 2

Verb

·tí

third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of do·icc

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Mutation of tí
radical	lenition	nasalization
·tí	·thí	·tí pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/

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References

[1]
Uhlich, Jurgen (2002) “Verbal governing compounds (synthetics) in Early Irish and other Celtic languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 3, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, page 412

Etymology

Mistake made from analogy with mí (“me”) and sí (“himself, herself, itself, themselves”), which do have accent marks to differentiate them from mi (“my”) and si (“if”) respectively.

Pronoun

tí

Misspelling of ti.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɪj˦˥]

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably of expressive origin. Compare English tit.”

Alternative forms

ti

Noun

tí

(colloquial) breast

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from a dialectal or post-Old Chinese form of Chinese 子 (OC *tsəʔ) (B-S) (SV: tử).

Etymology

From Proto-Khoe *tí.

Pronoun

tí

I

References

https://starling.rinet.ru/

[1] [1]
Adolfo Constenla Umaña, Gramática de la lengua guatusa (1998)

[Uhlich_2002_pp._403–433-2] [1]
Uhlich, Jurgen (2002) “Verbal governing compounds (synthetics) in Early Irish and other Celtic languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 3, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, page 412

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