tuir

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See also: Tuïr, tùir, and túir

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tuir f (genitive singular tuire or tuireadh, nominative plural tuire or tuirthe) (obsolete)

  1. pillar, prop
  2. (figuratively) hero, warrior

Declension[edit]

As a second-declension noun:

As a fifth-declension noun:

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuir thuir dtuir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Tetum[edit]

Verb[edit]

tuir

  1. to follow