tuirling

Irish

Alternative forms

tuirlic, tuirlig
túirlic, túirlig, túirling (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish do·aurling.^[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tùirling and (indirectly) Manx tarlheim.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): (Waterford) /ˈt̪ˠuːɾˠlʲɪɲ/^[3]; (Cork) /ˈt̪ˠuːɾˠlʲɪc/ (corresponding to the form tuirlic)^[4]; (Kerry) /ˈt̪ˠuːɾˠl̪ˠək/^[5], /ˈt̪ˠuːɾˠlʲək/^[6]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌɾˠl̠ʲən̠ʲ/^[7]

Verb

tuirling (present analytic tuirlingíonn, future analytic tuirlingeoidh, verbal noun tuirlingt, past participle tuirlingthe) [with de or ó ‘from’]

to alight (get off an animal; exit from a vehicle; descend and settle), dismount
to descend, come down
to land (descend to a surface, especially from the air)
to light [with ar ‘on’]

Conjugation

conjugation of tuirling (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	uirlingt
past participle	uirlingthe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	tuirlingím	tuirlingíonn tú; tuirlingír^†	tuirlingíonn sé, sí	tuirlingímid; tuirlingíonn muid	tuirlingíonn sibh	tuirlingíonn siad; tuirlingíd^†	a thuirlingíonn; a thuirlingíos / a dtuirlingíonn*	tuirlingítear
past	thuirling mé; thuirlingíos	thuirling tú; thuirlingís	thuirling sé, sí	thuirlingíomar; thuirling muid	thuirling sibh; thuirlingíobhair	thuirling siad; thuirlingíodar	a thuirling / ar thuirling*	tuirlingíodh
past habitual	thuirlingínn / dtuirlingínn‡‡	thuirlingíteá / dtuirlingíteá‡‡	thuirlingíodh sé, sí / dtuirlingíodh sé, sí‡‡	thuirlingímis; thuirlingíodh muid / dtuirlingímis‡‡; dtuirlingíodh muid‡‡	thuirlingíodh sibh / dtuirlingíodh sibh‡‡	thuirlingídís; thuirlingíodh siad / dtuirlingídís‡‡; dtuirlingíodh siad‡‡	a thuirlingíodh / a dtuirlingíodh*	thuirlingítí / dtuirlingítí‡‡
future	tuirlingeoidh mé; tuirlingeod; tuirlingeochaidh mé^†	tuirlingeoidh tú; tuirlingeoir^†; tuirlingeochaidh tú^†	tuirlingeoidh sé, sí; tuirlingeochaidh sé, sí^†	tuirlingeoimid; tuirlingeoidh muid; tuirlingeochaimid^†; tuirlingeochaidh muid^†	tuirlingeoidh sibh; tuirlingeochaidh sibh^†	tuirlingeoidh siad; tuirlingeoid^†; tuirlingeochaidh siad^†	a thuirlingeoidh; a thuirlingeos; a thuirlingeochaidh^†; a thuirlingeochas^† / a dtuirlingeoidh; a dtuirlingeochaidh^†	tuirlingeofar; tuirlingeochar^†
conditional	thuirlingeoinn; thuirlingeochainn^† / dtuirlingeoinn‡‡; dtuirlingeochainn^†‡‡	thuirlingeofá; thuirlingeochthá^† / dtuirlingeofá‡‡; dtuirlingeochthá^†‡‡	thuirlingeodh sé, sí; thuirlingeochadh sé, sí^† / dtuirlingeodh sé, sí‡‡; dtuirlingeochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	thuirlingeoimis; thuirlingeodh muid; thuirlingeochaimis^†; thuirlingeochadh muid^† / dtuirlingeoimis‡‡; dtuirlingeodh muid‡‡; dtuirlingeochaimis^†‡‡; dtuirlingeochadh muid^†‡‡	thuirlingeodh sibh; thuirlingeochadh sibh^† / dtuirlingeodh sibh‡‡; dtuirlingeochadh sibh^†‡‡	thuirlingeoidís; thuirlingeodh siad; thuirlingeochadh siad^† / dtuirlingeoidís‡‡; dtuirlingeodh siad‡‡; dtuirlingeochadh siad^†‡‡	a thuirlingeodh; a thuirlingeochadh^† / a dtuirlingeodh; a dtuirlingeochadh^†	thuirlingeofaí; thuirlingeochthaí^† / dtuirlingeofaí‡‡; dtuirlingeochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go dtuirlingí mé; go dtuirlingíod^†	go dtuirlingí tú; go dtuirlingír^†	go dtuirlingí sé, sí	go dtuirlingímid; go dtuirlingí muid	go dtuirlingí sibh	go dtuirlingí siad; go dtuirlingíd^†	—	go dtuirlingítear
past	dá dtuirlingínn	dá dtuirlingíteá	dá dtuirlingíodh sé, sí	dá dtuirlingímis; dá dtuirlingíodh muid	dá dtuirlingíodh sibh	dá dtuirlingídís; dá dtuirlingíodh siad	—	dá dtuirlingítí
imperative
–	tuirlingím	tuirling	tuirlingíodh sé, sí	tuirlingímis	tuirlingígí; tuirlingídh^†	tuirlingídís	—	tuirlingítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

(descend, come down): ísligh

Noun

tuirling f (genitive singular tuirlinge)

alternative form of tuirlingt

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tuirling*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuirling	thuirling	dtuirling

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

References

^ “tuirling”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do-airling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 552, page 144
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 395, page 120; reprinted 1988
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 289, page 145
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 564, page 312
^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎^[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 252, page 109