tuí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tui"

Irish

Alternative forms

• tuighe (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish tuige (“covering, roofing, thatch”). Cognate with English thatch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiə/^[1] (corresponding to the form tuighe)

Noun

tuí f (genitive singular tuí)

1. thatch
2. straw

Declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuí Vocative a thuí Genitive tuí Dative tuí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tuí Genitive na tuí Dative leis an tuí don tuí

Declension of tuí

Fourth declension

Derived terms

• leaba thuí (“pallet”)
• tuíchlár (“strawboard”)
• tuíodóir (“thatcher”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuí	thuí	dtuí
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 50

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 764
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tuí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Mandarin

Romanization

tuí (tui², Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄟˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僇
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墤
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尵
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弚
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 橔
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穨／颓
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘈／𰲁
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹪／𰸞
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隤／𬯎
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頹／颓
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頺
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頽／颓
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颓
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餿／馊
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魋