tí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

tí n sg

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

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Pronoun

tí m sg or f sg or n sg

1. (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)†
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)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Conjunction

tí

1. 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.

See also

• hví? (why?)

Adverb

tí

1. therefore
   • Tað er ikki tí so stuttligt, at tú komst.

     It's not therefore so funny, that you come.

Ghomala'

Verb

tí

1. to sleep, to spend the night

   Mú tí té'. ― The child slept a lot.

Particle

tí

1. 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)

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

tí n (genitive singular tís, nominative plural tí)

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

Declension

Declension of tí (neuter)

	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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲiː/

Etymology 1

Noun

tí f (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• ar tí

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tighe (superseded)

Noun

tí

1. genitive singular of teach

Etymology 3

Verb

tí

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

Derived terms

• go dtí (go)

Etymology 4

Verb

tí

1. Alternative spelling of tchí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tí	thí	dtí

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

References

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

Maléku Jaíka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Noun

tí

1. water

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

tí (ti², Zhuyin ㄊㄧˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 偍
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厗
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啼
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗁 / 啼
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堢
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媂
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媞
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崹
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惿
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 提
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梮
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漽
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珶
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑅
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睅
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碮
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禔
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禵 / 𰨖
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稊
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綈 / 绨
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緹 / 缇
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绨
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 缇
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罤
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苏
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荑
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕙
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝭
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褆
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諡 / 谥
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謕
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 谒
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趧
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踶
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹄
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹏 / 蹄
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遆
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醍
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 銴
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍗
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隄
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 題 / 题
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 题
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騠 / 𫘨
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮧 / 𱇧
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮷 / 𬶕
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鯷 / 鳀
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲿
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵜 / 鹈
50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶗 / 𫛸
51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶙 / 𱊕
52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷜 / 𬸞
53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼶

Mohawk

Etymology

From English tea.

Noun

tí

1. 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

Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tí f

1. 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

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

Etymology 2

Verb

·tí

1. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of do·icc

Mutation

Mutation of tí

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

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

Spanish

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

1. Misspelling of ti.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ti

Noun

tí

1. (colloquial) breast

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tí • (比, 細, 試)

1. (colloquial) a little bit

Adjective

tí • (比, 細, 子)

1. tiny; small

Derived terms

• bé tí
• tí hon
• tí tẹo

 

Anagrams

• ít

ǁAni

Etymology

From Proto-Khoe *tí.

Pronoun

tí

1. I

References

• https://starling.rinet.ru/