Focal an Lae #42
The Word of the Day in Irish
Word: tine (CHIH-nuh)
Meaning: tine = fire
Usage:
- tine mhór mhóna (CHIH-nuh WOHR WOH-nuh) = a big turf fire
- tine gháis (... GHAWSH) = a gas fire
- tine chnámh (...XRAWV) = a bonfire (lit., a fire of bones; same as the original meaning of the English word)
History: Old Irish “teine” comes from Insular Celtic *ten-es (compare Welsh “ta+n”), from *tep-n-, expanded
from the Indo-European root *tep- (to be hot). Other Irish words that are derived from this root are “te” (hot)
and “teas” (heat). An English cognate of Latin origin is “tepid”.
Scottish Gaelic: teine