táilliúir
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish táilliúr (compare Scottish Gaelic tàillear, Manx thalhear), from Anglo-Norman taillour (compare English tailor), from taillier (“to cut; to shape”), from Late Latin taliō.
Noun
táilliúir m (genitive singular táilliúra, nominative plural táilliúirí)
- tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)
- Coordinate term: bantáilliúir
- tailor (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Declension
Declension of táilliúir
Bare forms:
|
Forms with the definite article:
|
Derived terms
- ag tóraíocht táilliúra i mbruth faoi thír (“looking for a needle in a haystack”)
- déanta ón táilliúir (“tailor-made, made to measure”)
- iarann táilliúra (“tailor's goose”)
- léim táilliúra (“somersault performed with legs crossed”)
- méaracán táilliúra (“tailor's, open-ended, thimble”)
- siosúr táilliúra (“cutting-out scissors”)
- snáithe fada an táilliúra fhalsa (“slipshod work”, literally “the lazy tailor's long stitch”)
- táilliúir gan miosúr (“an ill-equipped person”, literally “a tailor without a measuring-tape”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
táilliúir | tháilliúir | dtáilliúir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táilliúir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “táilliúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “táilliúir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “táilliúir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024