thoir

See also: thóir

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛɾʲ/^[1]^[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tair,^[3] from do + oir.

Adjective

thoir

(destination) easterly, to the east

Adverb

thoir

in the east

Usage notes

This word refers only to a static position (i.e., "in the east").
The adjective is indeclinable in Irish

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

thoir m

Lenited form of toir.

References

^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 137
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 176, page 68
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

(archaic, Biblical) tabhair
(Sutherland) toir

Etymology

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɔɾʲ/

Verb

thoir (past thug, future bheir, verbal noun toirt, past participle tugta)

give
thoir dhomh ― give (to) me
take
Thoir leat an leabhar. ― Take the book with you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of thoir (irregular)

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third	impersonal
independent	past	thug mi	thug thu	thug e/i	thug sinn	thug sibh	thug iad	thugadh
	future	bheir mi	bheir thu	bheir e/i	bheir sinn	bheir sibh	bheir iad	bheirear
	conditional	bheirinn	bheireadh tu	bheireadh e/i	bheireadh sinn bheireamaid	bheireadh sibh	bheireadh iad	bheirte(adh) bheirist(e)¹
negative	past	cha tug mi	cha tug thu	cha tug e/i	cha tug sinn	cha tug sibh	cha tug iad	cha tugadh
	future	cha toir mi cha tabhair mi²	cha toir thu cha tabhair thu²	cha toir e/i cha tabhair e/i²	cha toir sinn cha tabhair sinn²	cha toir sibh cha tabhair sibh²	cha toir iad cha tabhair iad²	cha toirear
	conditional	cha toirinn cha tugainn	cha toireadh tu cha tugadh tu	cha toireadh e/i cha tugadh e/i	cha toireadh sinn cha toireamaid cha tugadh sinn cha tugamaid	cha toireadh sibh cha tugadh sibh	cha toireadh iad cha tugadh iad	cha toirte(adh) cha toirist(e)¹ cha tugte(adh) cha tugaist(e)¹
affirmative interrogative	past	an tug mi?	an tug thu?	an tug e/i?	an tug sinn?	an tug sibh?	an tug iad?	an tugadh?
	future	an toir mi? an tabhair mi?²	an toir thu? an tabhair thu?²	an toir e/i? an tabhair e/i?²	an toir sinn? an tabhair sinn?²	an toir sibh? an tabhair sibh?²	an toir iad? an tabhair iad?²	an toirear?
	conditional	an toirinn? an tugainn?	an toireadh tu? an tugadh tu?	an toireadh e/i? an tugadh e/i?	an toireadh sinn? am toireamaid? an tugadh sinn? an tugamaid?	an toireadh sibh? an tugadh sibh?	an toireadh iad? an tugadh iad?	an toirte(adh)? an toirist(e)?¹ an tugte(adh) an tugaist(e)¹
negative interrogative	past	nach tug mi?	nach tug tu?	nach tug e/i?	nach tug sinn?	nach tug sibh?	nach tug iad?	nach tugadh?
	future	nach toir mi? nach tabhair mi?²	nach toir thu? nach tabhair thu?²	nach toir e/i? nach tabhair e/i?²	nach toir sinn? nach tabhair sinn?²	nach toir sibh? nach tabhair sibh?²	nach toir iad? nach tabhair iad?²	nach toirear?
	conditional	nach toirinn? nach tugainn?	nach toireadh tu? nach tugadh tu?	nach toireadh e/i? nach tugadh e/i?	nach toireadh sinn? nach toireamaid? nach tugadh sinn? nach tugamaid?	nach toireadh sibh? nach tugadh sibh?	nach toireadh iad? nach tugadh iad?	nach toirte(adh)? nach toirist(e)?¹ nach tugte(adh) nach tugaist(e)¹
relative future		(a) bheir mi	(a) bheir thu	(a) bheir e/i	(a) bheir sinn	(a) bheir sibh	(a) bheir iad	(a) bheirear
imperative		thoiream! thugam! tabhaiream!² tabhram!²	thoir! tabhair!²	thoireadh e/i! thugadh e/i! tabhaireadh e/i!²	thoireamaid! thugamaid!² tabhaireamaid!²	thoiribh! thugaibh! tabhairibh!²	thoireadh iad! thugadh iad! tabhaireadh iad!²	thoirear! thugar! tabhairear!²
verbal noun		toirt, tabhairt²
past participle		tugta, tugte

¹ Lewis dialect form
² archaic or Biblical form

Derived terms

thoir breith (“judge”, verb)
thoir comas do (“enable”)
thoir comhairle air/do (“advise”)
thoir cothrom do (“enable”)
thoir do chasan leat! (“get out of here!”)
thoir èirig (“atone”)
thoir ionnsaigh (“attack”, verb)
thoir seachad air mhàl (“rent out”) (to somebody)
thoir suas (“give up”)
thoir taing do (“thank”, verb)
thoir thairis (“abandon; give over”)

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Edward Dwelly (1911) “thoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

[1] Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 137

[2] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 176, page 68

[3] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Contents

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Adverb

Usage notes

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia

Point of reference	Motion toward	Stationary position at	Stationary position on the indicated side	Motion from
above, up	suas	thuas	lastuas	anuas
below, down	síos	thíos	laistíos	aníos
east	soir	thoir	lastoir	anoir
west/back	siar	thiar	laistiar	aniar
north	ó thuaidh	thuaidh	lastuaidh	aduaidh
south	ó dheas	theas	laisteas	aneas
northeast	soir ó thuaidh	thoir thuaidh	—	anoir aduaidh
northwest	siar ó thuaidh	thiar thuaidh	—	aniar aduaidh
southeast	soir ó dheas	thoir theas	—	anoir aneas
southwest	siar ó dheas	thiar theas	—	aniar aneas
over there	sall	thall	lastall	anall
over here	—	—	—	anonn
inside	isteach	istigh	laistigh	—
outside	amach	amuigh	lasmuigh	—