tóir

See also: toir and -tóir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tóir, from Proto-Celtic *to-wo-ret (“running up to”), from *reteti (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to run, roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔːɾʲ/

Noun

tóir f (genitive singular tóra, nominative plural tóireacha)

1. pursuit, chase; hunt, search; pursuing party
2. keenness, interest

   Tá an-tóir agam ar an gceol seo. ― I'm very keen on this music.

   Ní mór an tóir atá ar an bhfíon seo. ― This wine is not much sought after.

3. popularity

   Tá tóir uirthi. ― She’s popular.

Declension

Declension of tóir (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tóir tóireacha vocative a thóir a thóireacha genitive tóra tóireacha dative tóir tóireacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tóir na tóireacha genitive na tóra na dtóireacha dative leis an tóir don tóir leis na tóireacha

Derived terms

• ar thóir
• fógra tóra
• tóireadóir
• tóraí
• tóraigh
• tóraíocht
• tóraitheoir
• tórán

Mutation

Mutated forms of tóir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tóir	thóir	dtóir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 741
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN