tuth

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

tuth f (genitive singular tuithe)

  1. odour, stench, funk
    Synonym: bréantas

Declension
Declension of tuth

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tuth
Vocative a thuth
Genitive tuithe
Dative tuth

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an tuth
Genitive na tuithe
Dative leis an tuth

don tuth

Interjection

tuth!

  1. what a stench!

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuth thuth dtuth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tuth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “tuth” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “tuth” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle English

Noun

tuth

  1. Alternative form of tothe
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