tuata

Irish

Alternative forms

• tuathta (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish túatae. By surface analysis, tuath +‎ -ta.

Adjective

tuata (not comparable)

1. lay (nonclergy; nonprofessional)
2. secular (not specifically religious)
3. temporal (of or relating to the material world)

Declension

Declension of tuata

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tuata	thuata	tuata; thuata²
Vocative	thuata		tuata
Genitive		tuata	tuata	tuata
Dative	tuata; thuata¹	thuata	tuata; thuata²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• bráthair tuata (“lay brother”)
• tútach

Noun

tuata m (genitive singular tuata, nominative plural tuataí)

1. layperson (one who is not a cleric; one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject)
2. (in the plural) laity
3. rustic

   Synonym: tuathánach

Declension

Declension of tuata

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tuata tuataí Vocative a thuata a thuataí Genitive tuata tuataí Dative tuata tuataí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuata na tuataí Genitive an tuata na dtuataí Dative leis an tuata don tuata leis na tuataí

Derived terms

• mac an tsaoir ábhar an tuata (“a craftsperson’s child may become a layperson in that craft”) (proverb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuata	thuata	dtuata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 763
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN