tuar

See also: tüär

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

  • tuè, tué, tyô, tyué, tyore, tyâ, tchâ

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tūtārī (ward off).

Verb

tuar (ORB, broad)

  1. kill

References

  • tuer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • tuar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish túar (cultivation).

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. dung, manure
  2. manuring of land; manured land
  3. cattle-field; sheep-run
  4. pasture, lea
Declension
Declension of tuar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tuar tuartha
vocative a thuair a thuartha
genitive tuair tuartha
dative tuar tuartha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tuar na tuartha
genitive an tuair na dtuartha
dative leis an tuar
don tuar
leis na tuartha
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish túaraid (to presage).

Verb

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

  1. (transitive) augur, forebode presage
  2. (transitive) deserve, merit
Conjugation
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish túar (presaging), verbal noun of túaraid (to presage).

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. verbal noun of tuar
  2. sign, omen
Declension
Declension of tuar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tuar tuartha
vocative a thuair a thuartha
genitive tuair tuartha
dative tuar tuartha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tuar na tuartha
genitive an tuair na dtuartha
dative leis an tuar
don tuar
leis na tuartha
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • dea-thuar (good omen)
  • droch-thuar (unlucky omen)
  • tuarúil (presaging; portentous, ominous, adjective)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

  1. (ambitransitive) bleach; blanch whiten
  2. (ambitransitive) season
    1. dry by exposure
    2. inure
    3. sate, weary (de (with))
Conjugation
  • Alternative verbal noun: tuaradh
Derived terms
  • tuarachán ((act of) bleaching)
  • tuarghort (bleach-field)
  • tuarlofa (decayed from over-exposure on ground)

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. verbal noun of tuar (bleach; blanch, whiten; season; dry by exposure; inure; sate, weary)
  2. bleaching-green
Declension
Declension of tuar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tuar tuartha
vocative a thuair a thuartha
genitive tuair tuartha
dative tuar tuartha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tuar na tuartha
genitive an tuair na dtuartha
dative leis an tuar
don tuar
leis na tuartha
Alternative forms
  • tuaradh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuar
radical lenition eclipsis
tuar thuar dtuar

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

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tuar, from Latin tūtāri (avert, ward off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyˈa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

tuar

  1. (transitive) to kill, to murder

Conjugation