tuir

== Irish == === Etymology === Probably a byform of tor (“tower, pillar, warrior”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t̪ˠɪɾʲ/ === Noun === tuir f (genitive singular tuire or tuireadh, nominative plural tuire or tuirthe) (obsolete) pillar, prop (figuratively) hero, warrior ==== Declension ==== As a second-declension noun: As a fifth-declension noun: === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tuir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tuir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1273; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN == Tetum == === Verb === tuir to follow