toit

English

Noun

toit (plural toits)

  1. (UK, dialect) A cushion.

Anagrams


Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin tectum.

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

  1. roof

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from toitma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˈoi̯t/

Noun

toit (genitive toidu, partitive toitu)

  1. food

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading


Finnish

Verb

toit

  1. second-person singular past indicative of tuoda

Anagrams


French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twa/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: toi, toits, toua, touas, touât

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

  1. roof

Derived terms

Further reading


Irish

Etymology

A variant of Middle Irish tútt (stench); compare Scottish Gaelic toit.

Pronunciation

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • dubh le toit (smoke-begrimed)
  • toit a chaitheamh (to have a smoke)
  • toitcheo (smog)
  • toiteach, toitiúil (smoky, adjective)
  • toitghinteach (smoke-producing, adjective)
  • toitín (cigarette)
  • toit is tormán (sound and fury)
  • toiteachán m (smoke-hole, chimney)
  • toitrigh (smoke, fumigate)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
toit thoit dtoit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Further reading


Old French

Etymology

Earlier teit, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯t/

Noun

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

  1. roof

Descendants

  • French: toit

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

A variant of Middle Irish tútt (stench), from Proto-Celtic *tutto, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (hazy, dark);[1] compare Irish toit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɔhtʲ/

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, plural toitean)

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

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
toitthoit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), toit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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