tinteán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). Fire-place, hearth. Obair thinteáin, home-work. Teanga an tinteáin, the home language. Scéal tinteáin, fireside story. Ag siúl an tinteáin, pacing the hearth. Nár fhág sibh an ~ fós? Are you still sitting round the fire? Prov:Níl aon ~ mar do thinteán féin, there is no place like home. S.a. leac 1(a).