tuitt

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t̪utʲ]

Verb

tuitt (past huitt, future independent tuittee, verbal noun tuittym, past participle tuittit)

  1. to fall
  2. to happen, befall, chance
  3. to stumble, slip, fall over
  4. to abate, subside, pass
  5. to sink, tip over, keel over
  6. to set (as the sun)
  7. to slump, crumple
  8. to founder, drift
    Ta'n baatey tuittym er y traie. ― The boat is foundering on the shore.
  9. to dip, slope
    Ta'n raad tuittym dy geyre. ― The road dips sharply.
    Ta'n thalloo tuittym ayns shoh. ― The ground declines here.
  10. to fall, drop off, decline
    Haghyr tuittym 'sy leagh margee. ― There was a fall in the market price.

Derived terms
  • tuitt ass y cheilley (“crack up; crumble”)
  • tuitt er (“fall on; fall to lot of; decline, drift, towards; descend on; occur on”)
  • tuitt ergooyl (“drop off”)
  • tuitt fo (“fall under; contract (as disease)”)
  • tuitt magh (“fall in with; become friendly with”)
  • tuitt magh (“fall out; quarrel; disagree; befall, happen; become estranged”)
  • tuitt ry-cheilley (“click; come together (as plan)”)
  • tuitt stiagh (“cave in; fall in”)
  • tuitt veih my cheilley (“disintegrate; come apart”)
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