tuir

See also: Tuïr, tùir, and túir

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɪɾʲ/

Noun

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

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

Declension

As a second-declension noun:

Declension of tuir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tuir tuire Vocative a thuir a thuire Genitive tuire tuir Dative tuir tuire

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuir na tuire Genitive na tuire na dtuir Dative leis an tuir don tuir leis na tuire

As a fifth-declension noun:

Declension of tuir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tuir tuirthe Vocative a thuir a thuirthe Genitive tuireadh tuirthe Dative tuiridh tuirthe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuir na tuirthe Genitive na tuireadh na dtuirthe Dative leis an tuiridh don tuiridh leis na tuirthe

Mutation

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tuir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tuir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society