toit

Noun

toit (plural toits)

1. (Britain, dialect) A cushion.

Etymology

Derived from toitma.

Noun

toit (genitive toidu, partitive toitu)

1. food

Verb

toit

1. Second-person singular indicative past form of tuoda.

Anagrams

• otit, otti, toti

Etymology

(Oblique form of) Old French toit, earlier teits, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

1. roof

Further reading

• “toit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic toit.

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, nominative plural toiteanna)

1. smoke

   Proverb:

   An áit a mbíonn toit bíonn tine. ― Where there's smoke, there's fire.

   Níl sa saol ach gaoth agus toit. ― The world is only wind and smoke.

   1. vapour, steam

      Proverb:

      Níl sa saol ach gaoth is toit. ― Life is only wind and vapour.

2. (familiar) batch of shellfish, piece of meat, etc., roasted on embers

Mutation

References

• "toit" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Etymology

Earlier teit, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tojt/

Noun

toit m (oblique plural toiz or toitz, nominative singular toiz or toitz, nominative plural toit)

1. roof

Etymology

Compare Irish toit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ɔʰtʲ]

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, plural toitean)

1. steam
2. smoke
3. cloud (of smoke)

Mutation