thú

See also: thu, thù, thủ, thụ, thư, thứ, and thử

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huː/[1]

Pronoun

thú (emphatic form thusa, disjunctive)

  1. you (singular), thee

See also

Irish personal pronouns
person conjunctive
(emphatic)
disjunctive
(emphatic)
possessive
determiner
singular first
(mise)
mo L
m' before vowel sounds
second
(tusa)1
thú
(thusa)
do L
d' before vowel sounds
third m
(seisean)
é
(eisean)
a L
f
(sise)
í
(ise)
a H
n ea
plural first muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)
ár E
second sibh
(sibhse)1
bhur E
third siad
(siadsan)
iad
(iadsan)
a E

L Triggers lenition   E Triggers eclipsis   H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun.
For instance, "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68

Tày

Etymology

Compare Lao ຖູ່ (thū), Northern Thai ᨳᩪ᩵, Khün ᨳᩪ᩵, ᦏᦴᧈ (ṫhuu¹), Shan ထူႇ (thùu).

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Pronunciation

Noun

thú (𪳂, )

  1. chopstick

References

  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰu˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˦˥]
  • Homophone: Thú
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (pleasure).

Noun

thú

  1. a hobby

Adjective

thú

  1. (literary) interesting; intriguing

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (beast).

Noun

(classifier con) thú

  1. (dated or literary) non-avian beast
    Synonym: muông
  2. (chiefly zoology) mammal
  3. animal (organism)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from , from the verbal form. The nominal form gave rise to thủ and sỏ (head of butchered animals).

Verb

thú

  1. to confess; to admit; to own to
  2. (colloquial) short for đầu thú (to surrender oneself)
Derived terms

Anagrams