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Irish
Pronunciation
Preposition
faoi thuairim (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
- toward (in the direction of)
- Synonyms: chuig, chun, go dtí, ionsar
- toward (for the purpose of)
- Synonym: le haghaidh
- here's to (phrase used before drinking a toast)
- Faoi thuairim do sláinte! ― To your health!
Inflection
Adverb
faoi thuairim
- about, approximately
- at random
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “faoi thuairim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túaraim, túairim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 761
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faoi thuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN