tuar

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See also: tüär

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tūtārī (ward off).

Verb

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tuar (ORB large)

  1. kill

References

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  • tuer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • tuar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish túar (cultivation).

Noun

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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

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From Old Irish túaraid (to presage).

Verb

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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

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

Noun

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tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

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

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

Verb

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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

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

Noun

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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

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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.

Further reading

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Occitan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tyˈa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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tuar

  1. (transitive) to kill, to murder

Conjugation

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