tuirseach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish toirsech (“mournful, sorrowful”). By surface analysis, tuirse +‎ -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tùirseach (“mournful, sorrowful”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəɾˠˈʃax/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɞɾˠsˠəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɨɾˠsˠa(x)/ === Adjective === tuirseach (genitive singular masculine tuirsigh, genitive singular feminine tuirsí, plural tuirseacha, comparative tuirsí) tired “An Mhaighean Mhara” (traditional Irish folksong): ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tuirseach traochta (“worn out, exhausted”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tuirseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1274; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tuirseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN