toit

English

Noun

toit (plural toits)

1. (UK, dialect) A cushion.

Anagrams

• Tito

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin tectum.

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

1. roof

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from toitma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt`oi̯t/, [ˈt`oi̯tˑ]

Noun

toit (genitive toidu, partitive toitu)

1. food

Derived terms

• toitma
• toituma
• toitaine
• koeratoit
• magustoit

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Finnish

Verb

toit

1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular past indicative of tuoda

Anagrams

• otit, otti, toti

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French

Etymology

(Oblique form of) Old French toit, earlier teits, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

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• Homophones: toi, toits, toua, touas, touât

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

1. roof

Further reading

• “toit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Scottish Gaelic toit.

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, nominative plural toiteanna)

1. smoke

   Proverb: An áit a mbíonn toit bíonn tine. ― Where there's smoke, there's fire.

   Níl sa saol ach gaoth agus toit. ― The world is only wind and smoke.

   1. vapour, steam

      Proverb: Níl sa saol ach gaoth is toit. ― Life is only wind and vapour.

2. (familiar) batch of shellfish, piece of meat, etc., roasted on embers

Declension

Declension of toit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative toit toiteanna Vocative a thoit a thoiteanna Genitive toite toiteanna Dative toit toiteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an toit na toiteanna Genitive na toite na dtoiteanna Dative leis an toit don toit leis na toiteanna

Derived terms

• dubh le toit (“smoke-begrimed”)
• toit a chaitheamh (“to have a smoke”)
• toit is tormán (“sound and fury”)
• toitcheo (“smog”)
• toiteach, toitiúil (“smoky”, adjective)
• toitghinteach (“smoke-producing”, adjective)
• toitín (“cigarette”)

 

Related terms

• toiteachán m (“smoke-hole, chimney”)
• toitrigh (“smoke, fumigate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toit	thoit	dtoit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old French

Etymology

Earlier teit, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tojt/

Noun

toit oblique singular, m (oblique plural toiz or toitz, nominative singular toiz or toitz, nominative plural toit)

1. roof

Descendants

• French: toit

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish toit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ɔʰtʲ]

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, plural toitean)

1. steam
2. smoke
3. cloud (of smoke)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
toit	thoit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.