Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *towto- (north, left)[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

túaid

  1. north, in the north

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: thuaidh
  • Manx: twoaie
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
túaid thúaid túaid
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1079-1080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1079-1080

Further reading edit