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tóir

tóir

See also: toir and -tóir

Irish

Noun

tóir f ‎(genitive singular tóra, nominative plural tóireacha)

pursuit, chase; hunt, search; pursuing party
keenness, interest

Tá an-tóir agam ar an gceol seo.‎
I'm very keen on this music.

Ní mór an tóir atá ar an bhfíon seo.‎
This wine is not much sought after.

Declension

Declension of tóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tóir	tóireacha
Vocative	a thóir	a thóireacha
Genitive	tóra	tóireacha
Dative	tóir	tóireacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tóir	na tóireacha
Genitive	na tóra	na dtóireacha
Dative	leis an tóir don tóir	leis na tóireacha

Derived terms

Terms derived from tóir

ar thóir ‎(“hunting for, looking for”)
fógra tóra m ‎(“hue and cry”)

tóireadóir m ‎(“probe, searcher”)
tóraigh ‎(“pursue”, verb)

tóraí m ‎(“pursuer; Tory”)
tórán m ‎(“hunted animal; fugitive”)

Related terms

tóraíocht f ‎(“pursuit”)
tóraitheoir m ‎(“pursuer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tóir	thóir	dtóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“tóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“tóir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"tóir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.