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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)
- pillar, prop
- (figuratively) hero, warrior
Declension
As a second-declension noun:
As a fifth-declension noun:
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| tuir
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thuir
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dtuir
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tuir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tuir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Tetum
Verb
tuir
- to follow