toirtéis

Irish

Alternative forms

• tóirtéis

Noun

toirtéis f (genitive singular toirtéise)

1. haughtiness, pride [with as ‘in’]

Declension

Declension of toirtéis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative toirtéis Vocative a thoirtéis Genitive toirtéise Dative toirtéis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an toirtéis Genitive na toirtéise Dative leis an toirtéis don toirtéis

Synonyms

• uabhar
• mórchúis
• leithead

Derived terms

• toirtéiseach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toirtéis	thoirtéis	dtoirtéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toirtéis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 742
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toirtéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN