tuath
See also: túath
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Irish túath.
Noun
edittuath (plural tuaths or tuatha)
- (historical) A tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system of governance entered into through contracts by all members.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 331:
- There was nothing fixed or enduring about many tuatha, and reflecting the itinerant character of much of Irish society, the Church developed the peculiar phenomenon of roving ecclesiastic families [...].
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish túath, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittuath f (genitive singular tuaithe, nominative plural tuatha)
- (historical) people, tribe
- laity
- rural districts, country (rural area), countryside
- Tá mo mháthair faoin tuath.
- My mother is in the country(side).
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- fabhcún tuaithe (“gyrfalcon”)
- tuathánach (“countryman, rustic, peasant”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
tuath | thuath | dtuath |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish túath, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Noun
edittuath f (genitive singular tuatha, plural tuathan)
Related terms
edit- tuathanach (“farmer, agriculturalist, peasant; tenant; yeoman”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
edittuath f
Derived terms
edit- a tuath
- Cuan a Tuath
- ear-thuath (“northeast”)
- tuath magnaiteach
- tuath-ghaoth (“north wind}”)
- tuathach (“north highlander”)
See also
edit(compass points)
iar-thuath | tuath | ear-thuath |
iar | ear | |
iar-dheas | deas | ear-dheas |
Adjective
edittuath
Mutation
editradical | lenition |
---|---|
tuath | thuath |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Am Faclair Beag: "tuath".
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “tuath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túaid, thúaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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