tuirse
See also: tùirse
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish tuirse, from Old Irish toirse f (“sorrow, pain; act of sorrowing, complaining; weariness, fatigue”), originally toros.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuirse f (genitive singular tuirse)
- tiredness, weariness, fatigue
- Imíonn an tuirse ach fanann an tairbhe. ― The fatigue leaves but the profit remains.
- (act of) sorrowing; (weight of) sorrow
Declension edit
Declension of tuirse
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- atuirse (“weariness”)
- leamhthuirse (“boredom”)
- tuirse inchinne (“brain fog”)
- tuirse shúl (“eye-strain”)
- tuirseach (“tired”)
- tuirsigh (“to tire”)
- tuirsiúil (“tiring”)
Related terms edit
- tuirsiúlacht f (“tiresomeness, wearisomeness”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuirse | thuirse | dtuirse |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “toirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “tuirse” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tuirse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.