tuir

See also: Tuïr, tùir, and túir

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɪɾʲ/

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

1. to follow