tóir

See also: toir and -tóir

Irish

From Old Irish tóir, from Proto-Celtic *to-wo-ret (“running up to”), from *reteti (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to run, roll”).

tóir f (genitive singular tóra, nominative plural tóireacha)

pursuit, chase; hunt, search; pursuing party
keenness, interest
Tá an-tóir agam ar an gceol seo. ― I'm very keen on this music.

Ní mór an tóir atá ar an bhfíon seo. ― This wine is not much sought after.
popularity
Tá tóir uirthi. ― She’s popular.

Declension of tóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tóir	thóir	dtóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 741
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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