tuairisc

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəɾʲɪʃc/

Noun

tuairisc f (genitive singular tuairisce, nominative plural tuairiscí)

1. information, tidings
2. account (of whereabouts), record
3. account, report, statement

   Synonyms: cuntas, taifead

Declension

Declension of tuairisc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuairisc tuairiscí vocative a thuairisc a thuairiscí genitive tuairisce tuairiscí dative tuairisc tuairiscí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuairisc na tuairiscí genitive na tuairisce na dtuairiscí dative leis an tuairisc don tuairisc leis na tuairiscí

Derived terms

• miontuairisc f (“detailed account”)
• tuairisceoir m (“reporter, correspondent”)
• tuairiscigh (“report”, verb)
• tuairisciúil (“descriptive”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuairisc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuairisc	thuairisc	dtuairisc

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuairisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túairisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24