tuar
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish túar (“cultivation”).
Noun
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish túaraid (“to presage”).
Verb
tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | tuaraim | tuarann tú; tuarair† |
tuarann sé, sí | tuaraimid | tuarann sibh | tuarann siad; tuaraid† |
a thuarann; a thuaras / a dtuarann*; a dtuaras* |
tuartar |
past | thuar mé; thuaras | thuar tú; thuarais | thuar sé, sí | thuaramar; thuar muid | thuar sibh; thuarabhair | thuar siad; thuaradar | a thuar / ar thuar* |
tuaradh | |
past habitual | thuarainn | thuartá | thuaradh sé, sí | thuaraimis; thuaradh muid | thuaradh sibh | thuaraidís; thuaradh siad | a thuaradh / ar thuaradh* |
thuartaí | |
future | tuarfaidh mé; tuarfad |
tuarfaidh tú; tuarfair† |
tuarfaidh sé, sí | tuarfaimid; tuarfaidh muid |
tuarfaidh sibh | tuarfaidh siad; tuarfaid† |
a thuarfaidh; a thuarfas / a dtuarfaidh*; a dtuarfas* |
tuarfar | |
conditional | thuarfainn / dtuarfainn‡‡ | thuarfá / dtuarfᇇ | thuarfadh sé, sí / dtuarfadh sé, s퇇 | thuarfaimis; thuarfadh muid / dtuarfaimis‡‡; dtuarfadh muid‡‡ | thuarfadh sibh / dtuarfadh sibh‡‡ | thuarfaidís; thuarfadh siad / dtuarfaidís‡‡; dtuarfadh siad‡‡ | a thuarfadh / ar thuarfadh* |
thuarfaí / dtuarfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go dtuara mé; go dtuarad† |
go dtuara tú; go dtuarair† |
go dtuara sé, sí | go dtuaraimid; go dtuara muid |
go dtuara sibh | go dtuara siad; go dtuaraid† |
— | go dtuartar |
past | dá dtuarainn | dá dtuartá | dá dtuaradh sé, sí | dá dtuaraimis; dá dtuaradh muid |
dá dtuaradh sibh | dá dtuaraidís; dá dtuaradh siad |
— | dá dtuartaí | |
imperative | tuaraim | tuar | tuaradh sé, sí | tuaraimis | tuaraigí; tuaraidh† |
tuaraidís | — | tuartar | |
verbal noun | tuar | ||||||||
past participle | tuartha |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
From Old Irish túar (“presaging”), verbal noun of túaraid (“to presage”).
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
Derived terms
- dea-thuar (“good omen”)
- tuarúil (“presaging; portentous, ominous”, adjective)
Verb
tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | tuaraim | tuarann tú; tuarair† |
tuarann sé, sí | tuaraimid | tuarann sibh | tuarann siad; tuaraid† |
a thuarann; a thuaras / a dtuarann*; a dtuaras* |
tuartar |
past | thuar mé; thuaras | thuar tú; thuarais | thuar sé, sí | thuaramar; thuar muid | thuar sibh; thuarabhair | thuar siad; thuaradar | a thuar / ar thuar* |
tuaradh | |
past habitual | thuarainn | thuartá | thuaradh sé, sí | thuaraimis; thuaradh muid | thuaradh sibh | thuaraidís; thuaradh siad | a thuaradh / ar thuaradh* |
thuartaí | |
future | tuarfaidh mé; tuarfad |
tuarfaidh tú; tuarfair† |
tuarfaidh sé, sí | tuarfaimid; tuarfaidh muid |
tuarfaidh sibh | tuarfaidh siad; tuarfaid† |
a thuarfaidh; a thuarfas / a dtuarfaidh*; a dtuarfas* |
tuarfar | |
conditional | thuarfainn / dtuarfainn‡‡ | thuarfá / dtuarfᇇ | thuarfadh sé, sí / dtuarfadh sé, s퇇 | thuarfaimis; thuarfadh muid / dtuarfaimis‡‡; dtuarfadh muid‡‡ | thuarfadh sibh / dtuarfadh sibh‡‡ | thuarfaidís; thuarfadh siad / dtuarfaidís‡‡; dtuarfadh siad‡‡ | a thuarfadh / ar thuarfadh* |
thuarfaí / dtuarfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go dtuara mé; go dtuarad† |
go dtuara tú; go dtuarair† |
go dtuara sé, sí | go dtuaraimid; go dtuara muid |
go dtuara sibh | go dtuara siad; go dtuaraid† |
— | go dtuartar |
past | dá dtuarainn | dá dtuartá | dá dtuaradh sé, sí | dá dtuaraimis; dá dtuaradh muid |
dá dtuaradh sibh | dá dtuaraidís; dá dtuaradh siad |
— | dá dtuartaí | |
imperative | tuaraim | tuar | tuaradh sé, sí | tuaraimis | tuaraigí; tuaraidh† |
tuaraidís | — | tuartar | |
verbal noun | tuar | ||||||||
past participle | tuartha |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: tuaradh
Derived terms
- tuarachán (“(act of) bleaching”)
- tuarghort (“bleach-field”)
- tuarlofa (“decayed from over-exposure on ground”)
Noun
tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)
- verbal noun of tuar (“bleach; blanch, whiten; season; dry by exposure; inure; sate, weary”)
- bleaching-green
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
- tuaradh
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuar | thuar | dtuar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "tuar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 túar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 túar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “1 túaraid, túairid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 túaraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “tuar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tuar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.