tuar

See also: tüär

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish túar (“cultivation”).

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

1. 1. dung, manure
   2. manuring of land; manured land
2. 1. cattle-field; sheep-run
   2. pasture, lea

Declension

Declension of tuar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tuar tuartha Vocative a thuair a thuartha Genitive tuair tuartha Dative tuar tuartha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuar na tuartha Genitive an tuair na dtuartha Dative leis an tuar don tuar leis na tuartha

Alternative forms

• túr

Etymology 2

From Old Irish túaraid (“to presage”).

Verb

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

1. (transitive) augur, forebode presage
2. (transitive) deserve, merit

Conjugation

conjugation of tuar (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuaraim	tuarann tú; tuarair†	tuarann sé, sí	tuaraimid	tuarann sibh	tuarann siad; tuaraid†	a thuarann; a thuaras / a dtuarann*; a dtuaras*	tuartar
	past	thuar mé; thuaras	thuar tú; thuarais	thuar sé, sí	thuaramar; thuar muid	thuar sibh; thuarabhair	thuar siad; thuaradar	a thuar / ar thuar*	tuaradh
	past habitual	thuarainn / dtuarainn‡‡	thuartá / dtuartᇇ	thuaradh sé, sí / dtuaradh sé, s퇇	thuaraimis; thuaradh muid / dtuaraimis‡‡; dtuaradh muid‡‡	thuaradh sibh / dtuaradh sibh‡‡	thuaraidís; thuaradh siad / dtuaraidís‡‡; dtuaradh siad‡‡	a thuaradh / a dtuaradh*	thuartaí / dtuarta퇇
future		tuarfaidh mé; tuarfad	tuarfaidh tú; tuarfair†	tuarfaidh sé, sí	tuarfaimid; tuarfaidh muid	tuarfaidh sibh	tuarfaidh siad; tuarfaid†	a thuarfaidh; a thuarfas / a dtuarfaidh*; a dtuarfas*	tuarfar
conditional		thuarfainn / dtuarfainn‡‡	thuarfá / dtuarfᇇ	thuarfadh sé, sí / dtuarfadh sé, s퇇	thuarfaimis; thuarfadh muid / dtuarfaimis‡‡; dtuarfadh muid‡‡	thuarfadh sibh / dtuarfadh sibh‡‡	thuarfaidís; thuarfadh siad / dtuarfaidís‡‡; dtuarfadh siad‡‡	a thuarfadh / a dtuarfadh*	thuarfaí / dtuarfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuara mé; go dtuarad†	go dtuara tú; go dtuarair†	go dtuara sé, sí	go dtuaraimid; go dtuara muid	go dtuara sibh	go dtuara siad; go dtuaraid†	—	go dtuartar
	past	dá dtuarainn	dá dtuartá	dá dtuaradh sé, sí	dá dtuaraimis; dá dtuaradh muid	dá dtuaradh sibh	dá dtuaraidís; dá dtuaradh siad	—	dá dtuartaí
imperative		tuaraim	tuar	tuaradh sé, sí	tuaraimis	tuaraigí; tuaraidh†	tuaraidís	—	tuartar
verbal noun		tuar
past participle		tuartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

• tuair

Etymology 3

From Old Irish túar (“presaging”), verbal noun of túaraid (“to presage”).

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

1. verbal noun of tuar
2. sign, omen

Declension

Declension of tuar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tuar tuartha Vocative a thuair a thuartha Genitive tuair tuartha Dative tuar tuartha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuar na tuartha Genitive an tuair na dtuartha Dative leis an tuar don tuar leis na tuartha

Alternative forms

• túr

Derived terms

• dea-thuar (“good omen”)
• tuarúil (“presaging; portentous, ominous”, adjective)

 

Etymology 4

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

Verb

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) bleach; blanch whiten
2. (transitive, intransitive) season
   1. dry by exposure
   2. inure
   3. sate, weary (de (“with”))

Conjugation

conjugation of tuar (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuaraim	tuarann tú; tuarair†	tuarann sé, sí	tuaraimid	tuarann sibh	tuarann siad; tuaraid†	a thuarann; a thuaras / a dtuarann*; a dtuaras*	tuartar
	past	thuar mé; thuaras	thuar tú; thuarais	thuar sé, sí	thuaramar; thuar muid	thuar sibh; thuarabhair	thuar siad; thuaradar	a thuar / ar thuar*	tuaradh
	past habitual	thuarainn / dtuarainn‡‡	thuartá / dtuartᇇ	thuaradh sé, sí / dtuaradh sé, s퇇	thuaraimis; thuaradh muid / dtuaraimis‡‡; dtuaradh muid‡‡	thuaradh sibh / dtuaradh sibh‡‡	thuaraidís; thuaradh siad / dtuaraidís‡‡; dtuaradh siad‡‡	a thuaradh / a dtuaradh*	thuartaí / dtuarta퇇
future		tuarfaidh mé; tuarfad	tuarfaidh tú; tuarfair†	tuarfaidh sé, sí	tuarfaimid; tuarfaidh muid	tuarfaidh sibh	tuarfaidh siad; tuarfaid†	a thuarfaidh; a thuarfas / a dtuarfaidh*; a dtuarfas*	tuarfar
conditional		thuarfainn / dtuarfainn‡‡	thuarfá / dtuarfᇇ	thuarfadh sé, sí / dtuarfadh sé, s퇇	thuarfaimis; thuarfadh muid / dtuarfaimis‡‡; dtuarfadh muid‡‡	thuarfadh sibh / dtuarfadh sibh‡‡	thuarfaidís; thuarfadh siad / dtuarfaidís‡‡; dtuarfadh siad‡‡	a thuarfadh / a dtuarfadh*	thuarfaí / dtuarfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuara mé; go dtuarad†	go dtuara tú; go dtuarair†	go dtuara sé, sí	go dtuaraimid; go dtuara muid	go dtuara sibh	go dtuara siad; go dtuaraid†	—	go dtuartar
	past	dá dtuarainn	dá dtuartá	dá dtuaradh sé, sí	dá dtuaraimis; dá dtuaradh muid	dá dtuaradh sibh	dá dtuaraidís; dá dtuaradh siad	—	dá dtuartaí
imperative		tuaraim	tuar	tuaradh sé, sí	tuaraimis	tuaraigí; tuaraidh†	tuaraidís	—	tuartar
verbal noun		tuar
past participle		tuartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

• Alternative verbal noun: tuaradh

Derived terms

• tuarachán (“(act of) bleaching”)
• tuarghort (“bleach-field”)
• tuarlofa (“decayed from over-exposure on ground”)

 

Etymology 5

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

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

1. verbal noun of tuar (“bleach; blanch, whiten; season; dry by exposure; inure; sate, weary”)
2. bleaching-green

Declension

Declension of tuar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tuar tuartha Vocative a thuair a thuartha Genitive tuair tuartha Dative tuar tuartha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuar na tuartha Genitive an tuair na dtuartha Dative leis an tuar don tuar leis na tuartha

Alternative forms

• tuaradh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuar	thuar	dtuar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túaraid, túairid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túaraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tuar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tuar, from Latin *tuto.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tuar

1. (transitive) to kill, to murder

Conjugation

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