tuí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tui"

Irish

Alternative forms

• tuighe (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tuige (“covering, roofing, thatch”). Cognate with English thatch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiə/ (corresponding to the form tuighe)

Noun

tuí f (genitive singular tuí)

1. thatch
2. straw

Declension

Declension of tuí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative tuí vocative a thuí genitive tuí dative tuí forms with the definite article singular nominative an tuí genitive na tuí dative leis an tuí don tuí

Derived terms

• leaba thuí (“pallet”)
• tuíchlár (“strawboard”)
• tuíodóir (“thatcher”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuí	thuí	dtuí

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

Further reading

• A. Palandri, Ú. Bhreathnach, M. Měchura, G. Ó Cleircín, and B. Ó Raghallaigh, (2026), “tuí”, in Taisce Chanúintí na Gaeilge - Repository of Irish Dialects‎^[1] (in Irish and English), Dublin City University
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tuiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 764
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “tuí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tuí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Mandarin

Romanization

tuí (tui², Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄟˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僇
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墤
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尵
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弚
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 橔
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穨 / 颓
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘈 / 𰲁
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹪 / 𰸞
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隤 / 𬯎
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頹 / 颓
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頺
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頽 / 颓
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颓
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餿 / 馊
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魋