tuí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tui"

Irish

Alternative forms

tuighe (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tuige (“covering, roofing, thatch”). Cognate with English thatch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiə/^[1] (corresponding to the form tuighe)

Noun

tuí f (genitive singular tuí)

thatch
straw

Declension

Declension of tuí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	tuí
vocative	a thuí
genitive	tuí
dative	tuí

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an tuí
genitive	na tuí
dative	leis an tuí don tuí

Derived terms

leaba thuí (“pallet”)
tuíchlár (“strawboard”)
tuíodóir (“thatcher”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tuí*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuí	thuí	dtuí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 764
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“tuí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Mandarin

Romanization

tuí (tui², Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄟˊ)

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