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:

As a fifth-declension noun:

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

Tetum

Verb

tuir

  1. to follow
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