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tuirse

tuirse

See also: tùirse

Irish

Noun

tuirse f ‎(genitive singular tuirse)

tiredness, weariness, fatigue
Imíonn an tuirse ach fanann an tairbhe.‎
The fatigue leaves but the profit remains.
(act of) sorrowing; (weight of) sorrow

Declension

Declension of tuirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	tuirse
Vocative	a thuirse
Genitive	tuirse
Dative	tuirse

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tuirse
Genitive	na tuirse
Dative	leis an tuirse don tuirse

Derived terms

Terms derived from tuirse

atuirse f ‎(“weariness; dejection”)
tuirseach ‎(“tired, weary, fatigued; burdened with sorrow; sorrowful, sad”)
tuirseach m ‎(“tired, weary, person; greater stitchwort”)

tuirse inchinne f ‎(“brain-fag”)
tuirse shúl f ‎(“eye-strain”)

tuirsigh ‎(“tire, weary, fatigue”, verb)
tuirsiúil ‎(“tiring, wearying, fatiguing”)

Related terms

tuirsiúlacht f ‎(“tiresomeness, wearisomeness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuirse	thuirse	dtuirse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"tuirse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“toirse” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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