tuirseach

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): [t̪ˠəɾˠˈʃax]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠɔɾˠʃəx]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠɤɾˠʃax], [ˈt̪ˠɤɾˠʃa(h)]

Adjective

tuirseach (genitive singular masculine tuirsigh, genitive singular feminine tuirsí, plural tuirseacha, comparative tuirsí)

tired
Tá mé tuirseach den chaint.
I’m tired of the talk

Declension

Declension of tuirseach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	tuirseach	thuirseach	tuirseacha; thuirseacha²
Vocative	thuirsigh	thuirseach	tuirseacha
Genitive	thuirsigh	tuirsí	tuirseacha	tuirseach
Dative	tuirseach; thuirseach¹	thuirseach; thuirsigh (archaic)	tuirseacha; thuirseacha²
Comparative	níos tuirsí
Superlative	is tuirsí

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

tuirseach traochta (“worn out, exhausted”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuirseach	thuirseach	dtuirseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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