toirtéis

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Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

toirtéis f (genitive singular toirtéise)

  1. haughtiness, pride

Declension

Declension of toirtéis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative toirtéis
vocative a thoirtéis
genitive toirtéise
dative toirtéis
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an toirtéis
genitive na toirtéise
dative leis an toirtéis
don toirtéis

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of toirtéis
radical lenition eclipsis
toirtéis thoirtéis dtoirtéis

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

References

  1. ^ “toirtéis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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