tuath
English
Noun
tuath (plural tuaths or tuatha)
- (historical) A tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system of governance entered into through contracts by all members.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 331:
- There was nothing fixed or enduring about many tuatha, and reflecting the itinerant character of much of Irish society, the Church developed the peculiar phenomenon of roving ecclesiastic families [...].
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish túath, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ˠuə/
- Homophone: tua
Declension
Declension of tuath
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- fabhcún tuaithe (“gyrfalcon”)
- tuathánach (“countryman, rustic, peasant”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuath | thuath | dtuath |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ʰuə/[1]
Etymology 1
From Old Irish túath, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Noun
Related terms
- tuathanach (“farmer, agriculturalist, peasant; tenant; yeoman”)
Derived terms
- a tuath
- An Cuan a Tuath
- ear-thuath (“the northeast”)
- tuath magnaiteach
- tuath-ghaoth (“north wind”)
- tuathach (“north highlander”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tuath | thuath |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “tuath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “túaid, thúaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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