tortaobh

== Irish == === Etymology === Peadar Ó Conaill asserts in his unpublished Irish–English dictionary that tortaobh is an alteration of an original *cortaobh (literally “turn-side”), which matches the Ulster pronunciation. In the first edition (but not the second edition) of Dinneen’s dictionary, he states “some think bheith i dtortaoibh = bheith ag tabhairt taoibh”, referring to the phrase tabhair taobh le (“to rely on”), which is supported by the Munster pronunciation since tabhair is pronounced /t̪ˠuːɾʲ/ there. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ə d̪ˠuːɾˠˈt̪ˠiːvʲ/ (corresponding to the phrase i dtortaoibh, as if spelled i dtúrtaoibh) (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠiːwə lʲɛ/ (corresponding to the phrase i dtortaobh le, as if spelled i gcortaobha le) === Noun === tortaobh f only used in i dtortaobh le === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tortaobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN