toirtéis

Irish

Alternative forms

• tóirtéis

Noun

toirtéis f (genitive singular toirtéise)

1. haughtiness, pride [with as ‘in’]

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

• uabhar
• mórchúis
• leithead

Derived terms

• toirtéiseach

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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toirtéis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 742
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toirtéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN