thoir

See also: thóir

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tair, from do + oir

Adjective

thoir

  1. (destination) easterly, to the east

Adverb

thoir

  1. in the east
Usage notes
  • This word refers only to a static position (i.e., "in the east").
  • The adjective is indeclinable in Irish
See also

Etymology 2

From tor.

Noun

thoir m

  1. Lenited form of toir.

Further reading

  • “1 tair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "thoir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.

Verb

thoir (past thug, future bheir, verbal noun toirt, past participle tugta)

  1. give
    thoir dhomh ― give (to) me
  2. take
    Thoir leat an leabhar. ― Take the book with you.

Conjugation

Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present a' toirt --
Past thug thugadh
Future bheir bheirear
Conditional bheireadh bheirteadh

Derived terms

References

  • “do·beir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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