thú

See also: thu, thù, thủ, thụ, thư, thứ, and thử

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tú.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /huː/[1]

Pronoun

thú (emphatic form thusa, disjunctive)

  1. you (singular), thee

See also
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive
determiner
SingularFirst mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
Third feminine sí
(sise)		 í
(ise)		 a H
Third neuter —ea—
PluralFirst muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)		 ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan)		 iad
(iadsan)		 a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68

Tày

Etymology

Compare Lao ຖູ່ (thū), Northern Thai ᨳᩪ᩵, Khün ᨳᩪ᩵, Lü ᦏᦴᧈ (ṫhuu¹), Shan ထူႇ (thùu).

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Pronunciation

Noun

thú (𪳂, 箸)

  1. chopstick

References
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰu˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˦˥]
  • Homophone: Thú
  • Audio (Hà Nội)(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 趣 (“pleasure”).

Noun

thú

  1. a hobby

Adjective

thú

  1. (literary) interesting; intriguing

Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 獸 (“beast”).

Noun

(classifier con) thú

  1. (dated or literary) a non-avian beast
    Synonym: muông
  2. (chiefly zoology) a mammal
  3. an animal (organism)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 首. Related to thủ (“head”).

Verb

thú

  1. to confess; to admit; to own to
  2. (colloquial) Short for đầu thú (“to surrender oneself”).
Derived terms
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