Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish do·tuit (to fall).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tuitt (past huitt, future independent tuittee, verbal noun tuittym, past participle tuittit)

  1. to fall
  2. to happen, befall, chance
  3. to stumble, slip, fall over
  4. to abate, subside, pass
  5. to sink, tip over, keel over
  6. to set (as the sun)
  7. to slump, crumple
  8. to founder, drift
    Ta'n baatey tuittym er y traie.The boat is foundering on the shore.
  9. to dip, slope
    Ta'n raad tuittym dy geyre.The road dips sharply.
    Ta'n thalloo tuittym ayns shoh.The ground declines here.
  10. to fall, drop off, decline
    Haghyr tuittym 'sy leagh margee.There was a fall in the market price.

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