tuar

See also: tüär

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

  • tuè, tué, tyô, tyué, tyore, tyâ, tchâ

Etymology

From Latin tūtārī (ward off, avert).

Verb

tuar

  1. kill

References

  • tuer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish túar (cultivation).

Noun

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
Declension
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish túaraid (to presage).

Verb

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  1. (transitive) augur, forebode presage
  2. (transitive) deserve, merit
Conjugation
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  2. sign, omen
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • dea-thuar (good omen)
  • droch-thuar (unlucky omen)
  • tuarúil (presaging; portentous, ominous, adjective)

Etymology 4

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

Verb

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  1. (transitive, intransitive) bleach; blanch whiten
  2. (transitive, intransitive) season
    1. dry by exposure
    2. inure
    3. sate, weary (de (with))
Conjugation
  • Alternative verbal noun: tuaradh
Derived terms
  • tuarachán ((act of) bleaching)
  • tuarghort (bleach-field)
  • tuarlofa (decayed from over-exposure on ground)

Etymology 5

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

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  2. bleaching-green
Declension
Alternative forms
  • tuaradh

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin tūtāri (avert, ward off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyˈa/
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Verb

tuar

  1. (transitive) to kill, to murder

Conjugation

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