tuirse

See also: tùirse

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuirse, from Old Irish toirse f (“sorrow, pain; act of sorrowing, complaining; weariness, fatigue”), originally toros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʊɾˠʃə/

Noun

tuirse f (genitive singular tuirse)

1. tiredness, weariness, fatigue

   Imíonn an tuirse ach fanann an tairbhe.

   The fatigue leaves but the profit remains.

2. (act of) sorrowing; (weight of) sorrow

Declension

Declension of tuirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuirse Vocative a thuirse Genitive tuirse Dative tuirse

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tuirse Genitive na tuirse Dative leis an tuirse don tuirse

Derived terms

• atuirse f (“weariness; dejection”)
• tuirse inchinne f (“brain-fag”)
• tuirse shúl f (“eye-strain”)
• tuirseach (“tired, weary, fatigued; burdened with sorrow; sorrowful, sad”)
• tuirseach m (“tired, weary, person; greater stitchwort”)
• tuirsigh (“tire, weary, fatigue”, verb)
• tuirsiúil (“tiring, wearying, fatiguing”)

 

Related terms

• tuirsiúlacht f (“tiresomeness, wearisomeness”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language