tuir

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See also: Tuïr, tùir, and túir

Irish

Etymology

Probably a byform of tor (“tower, pillar, warrior”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tuir f (genitive singular tuire or tuireadh, nominative plural tuire or tuirthe) (obsolete)

  1. pillar, prop
  2. (figuratively) hero, warrior

Declension

As a second-declension noun:

Declension of tuir (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tuir tuire
vocative a thuir a thuire
genitive tuire tuir
dative tuir tuire
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tuir na tuire
genitive na tuire na dtuir
dative leis an tuir
don tuir 		leis na tuire

As a fifth-declension noun:

Declension of tuir (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tuir tuirthe
vocative a thuir a thuirthe
genitive tuireadh tuirthe
dative tuiridh tuirthe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tuir na tuirthe
genitive na tuireadh na dtuirthe
dative leis an tuiridh
don tuiridh 		leis na tuirthe

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuir
radical lenition eclipsis
tuir thuir dtuir

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

Further reading

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Verb

tuir

  1. to follow
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