tuar

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See also: tüär

Franco-Provençal[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin tūtārī (ward off, avert).

Verb[edit]

tuar

  1. kill

References[edit]

  • tuer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish túar (cultivation).

Noun[edit]

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. dung, manure
  2. manuring of land; manured land
  3. cattle-field; sheep-run
  4. pasture, lea
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish túaraid (to presage).

Verb[edit]

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

  1. (transitive) augur, forebode presage
  2. (transitive) deserve, merit
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Irish túar (presaging), verbal noun of túaraid (to presage).

Noun[edit]

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. verbal noun of tuar
  2. sign, omen
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Etymology 4[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) bleach; blanch whiten
  2. (transitive, intransitive) season
    1. dry by exposure
    2. inure
    3. sate, weary (de (with))
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Etymology 5[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. verbal noun of tuar (bleach; blanch, whiten; season; dry by exposure; inure; sate, weary)
  2. bleaching-green
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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuar thuar dtuar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan tuar, from Latin tūtāri (avert, ward off).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tyˈa/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

tuar

  1. (transitive) to kill, to murder

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