tuar

See also: tüär

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tūtārī (“ward off”).

Verb

tuar (ORB, broad)

1. kill

References

• tuer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• tuar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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

Declension of tuar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuar tuartha vocative a thuair a thuartha genitive tuair tuartha dative tuar tuartha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuar na tuartha genitive an tuair na dtuartha dative leis an tuar don tuar leis na tuartha

Alternative forms

• túr

Etymology 2

From Old Irish túaraid (“to presage”).

Verb

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

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

Conjugation

conjugation of tuar (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuaraim	tuarann tú; tuarair†	tuarann sé, sí	tuaraimid	tuarann sibh	tuarann siad; tuaraid†	a thuarann; a thuaras / a dtuarann*	tuartar
	past	thuar mé; thuaras	thuar tú; thuarais	thuar sé, sí	thuaramar; thuar muid	thuar sibh; thuarabhair	thuar siad; thuaradar	a thuar / ar thuar*	tuaradh
	past habitual	thuarainn / dtuarainn‡‡	thuartá / dtuartᇇ	thuaradh sé, sí / dtuaradh sé, s퇇	thuaraimis; thuaradh muid / dtuaraimis‡‡; dtuaradh muid‡‡	thuaradh sibh / dtuaradh sibh‡‡	thuaraidís; thuaradh siad / dtuaraidís‡‡; dtuaradh siad‡‡	a thuaradh / a dtuaradh*	thuartaí / dtuarta퇇
future		tuarfaidh mé; tuarfad	tuarfaidh tú; tuarfair†	tuarfaidh sé, sí	tuarfaimid; tuarfaidh muid	tuarfaidh sibh	tuarfaidh siad; tuarfaid†	a thuarfaidh; a thuarfas / a dtuarfaidh*	tuarfar
conditional		thuarfainn / dtuarfainn‡‡	thuarfá / dtuarfᇇ	thuarfadh sé, sí / dtuarfadh sé, s퇇	thuarfaimis; thuarfadh muid / dtuarfaimis‡‡; dtuarfadh muid‡‡	thuarfadh sibh / dtuarfadh sibh‡‡	thuarfaidís; thuarfadh siad / dtuarfaidís‡‡; dtuarfadh siad‡‡	a thuarfadh / a dtuarfadh*	thuarfaí / dtuarfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuara mé; go dtuarad†	go dtuara tú; go dtuarair†	go dtuara sé, sí	go dtuaraimid; go dtuara muid	go dtuara sibh	go dtuara siad; go dtuaraid†	—	go dtuartar
	past	dá dtuarainn	dá dtuartá	dá dtuaradh sé, sí	dá dtuaraimis; dá dtuaradh muid	dá dtuaradh sibh	dá dtuaraidís; dá dtuaradh siad	—	dá dtuartaí
imperative		tuaraim	tuar	tuaradh sé, sí	tuaraimis	tuaraigí; tuaraidh†	tuaraidís	—	tuartar
verbal noun		tuar
past participle		tuartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

• tuair

Etymology 3

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

Noun

tuar m (genitive singular tuair, nominative plural tuartha)

1. verbal noun of tuar
2. sign, omen

Declension

Declension of tuar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuar tuartha vocative a thuair a thuartha genitive tuair tuartha dative tuar tuartha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuar na tuartha genitive an tuair na dtuartha dative leis an tuar don tuar leis na tuartha

Alternative forms

• túr

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

tuar (present analytic tuarann, future analytic tuarfaidh, verbal noun tuar, past participle tuartha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) bleach; blanch whiten
2. (transitive, intransitive) season
   1. dry by exposure
   2. inure
   3. sate, weary (de (“with”))

Conjugation

conjugation of tuar (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuaraim	tuarann tú; tuarair†	tuarann sé, sí	tuaraimid	tuarann sibh	tuarann siad; tuaraid†	a thuarann; a thuaras / a dtuarann*	tuartar
	past	thuar mé; thuaras	thuar tú; thuarais	thuar sé, sí	thuaramar; thuar muid	thuar sibh; thuarabhair	thuar siad; thuaradar	a thuar / ar thuar*	tuaradh
	past habitual	thuarainn / dtuarainn‡‡	thuartá / dtuartᇇ	thuaradh sé, sí / dtuaradh sé, s퇇	thuaraimis; thuaradh muid / dtuaraimis‡‡; dtuaradh muid‡‡	thuaradh sibh / dtuaradh sibh‡‡	thuaraidís; thuaradh siad / dtuaraidís‡‡; dtuaradh siad‡‡	a thuaradh / a dtuaradh*	thuartaí / dtuarta퇇
future		tuarfaidh mé; tuarfad	tuarfaidh tú; tuarfair†	tuarfaidh sé, sí	tuarfaimid; tuarfaidh muid	tuarfaidh sibh	tuarfaidh siad; tuarfaid†	a thuarfaidh; a thuarfas / a dtuarfaidh*	tuarfar
conditional		thuarfainn / dtuarfainn‡‡	thuarfá / dtuarfᇇ	thuarfadh sé, sí / dtuarfadh sé, s퇇	thuarfaimis; thuarfadh muid / dtuarfaimis‡‡; dtuarfadh muid‡‡	thuarfadh sibh / dtuarfadh sibh‡‡	thuarfaidís; thuarfadh siad / dtuarfaidís‡‡; dtuarfadh siad‡‡	a thuarfadh / a dtuarfadh*	thuarfaí / dtuarfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuara mé; go dtuarad†	go dtuara tú; go dtuarair†	go dtuara sé, sí	go dtuaraimid; go dtuara muid	go dtuara sibh	go dtuara siad; go dtuaraid†	—	go dtuartar
	past	dá dtuarainn	dá dtuartá	dá dtuaradh sé, sí	dá dtuaraimis; dá dtuaradh muid	dá dtuaradh sibh	dá dtuaraidís; dá dtuaradh siad	—	dá dtuartaí
imperative		tuaraim	tuar	tuaradh sé, sí	tuaraimis	tuaraigí; tuaraidh†	tuaraidís	—	tuartar
verbal noun		tuar
past participle		tuartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

• 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. verbal noun of tuar (“bleach; blanch, whiten; season; dry by exposure; inure; sate, weary”)
2. bleaching-green

Declension

Declension of tuar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuar tuartha vocative a thuair a thuartha genitive tuair tuartha dative tuar tuartha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuar na tuartha genitive an tuair na dtuartha dative leis an tuar don tuar leis na tuartha

Alternative forms

• tuaradh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuar	thuar	dtuar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túaraid, túairid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túaraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tuar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tuar, from Latin tūtāri (“avert, ward off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyˈa/

• Audio:

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Verb

tuar

1. (transitive) to kill, to murder

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuar			aver tuat
gerund		tuant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tuat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tui	tuas	tua	tuam	tuatz	tuan
	imperfect	tuavi	tuavas	tuava	tuàvem	tuàvetz	tuavan
	preterite	tuèri	tuères	tuèt	tuèrem	tuèretz	tuèron
	future	tuarai	tuaràs	tuarà	tuarem	tuaretz	tuaràn
	conditional	tuariái	tuariás	tuariá	tuariam	tuariatz	tuarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tuèra	tuèras	tuèra	tueram	tueratz	tuèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tue	tues	tue	tuem	tuetz	tuen
	imperfect	tuèssi	tuèsses	tuèsse	tuèssem	tuèssetz	tuèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tua		tuem	tuatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuar			aver tuat
gerund		tuant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tuat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tue	tues	tua	tuam	tuatz	tuon
	imperfect	tuave	tuaves	tuava	tuaviam	tuaviatz	tuavon
	preterite	tuere	tueres	tuet	tuem	tuetz	tueron
	future	tuarai	tuaràs	tuará	tuarem	tuaretz	tuarán
	conditional	tuariá	tuariás	tuariá	tuariam	tuariatz	tuarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tuèra	tuèras	tuèra	tueram	tueratz	tuèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tue	tues	tue	tuassiam	tuassiatz	tuon
	imperfect	tuesse	tuesses	tuesse	tuessiam	tuessiatz	tuesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tua		tuassiam	tuatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuar			aver tuat
gerund		tuant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tuat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tui	tuas	tua	tuam	tuatz	tuan
	imperfect	tuavi	tuavas	tuava	tuàvam	tuàvatz	tuavan
	preterite	tuèi	tuès	tuè	tuèm	tuètz	tuèn
	future	tuarèi	tuaràs	tuarà	tuaram	tuaratz	tuaràn
	conditional	tuarí	tuarés	tuaré	tuarem	tuaretz	tuarén
	conditional 2nd form1	tuèra	tuèras	tuèra	tueram	tueratz	tuèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tui	tues	tue	tuem	tuetz	tuen
	imperfect	tuèssi	tuèsses	tuèsse	tuèssem	tuèssetz	tuèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tua		tuem	tuatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuar			aver tuat
gerund		tuant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tuat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tue	tuas	tua	tuam	tuatz	tuan
	imperfect	tuava	tuavas	tuava	tuàvam	tuàvatz	tuavan
	preterite	tuei	tueras	tuet	tuèram	tuèratz	tueran
	future	tuarai	tuaràs	tuará	tuarem	tuaretz	tuarán
	conditional	tuariá	tuariàs	tuariá	tuariam	tuariatz	tuarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tuèra	tuèras	tuèra	tueram	tueratz	tuèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tue	tues	tue	tuem	tuetz	tuen
	imperfect	tuèsse	tuèsses	tuèsse	tuèssem	tuèssetz	tuèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tua		tuem	tuatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuar			aver tuat
gerund		tuant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tuat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tue	tues	tua	tuam	tuatz	tuan
	imperfect	tuavi	tuavas	tuava	tuàvem	tuàvetz	tuavan
	preterite	tuère	tuères	tuèt	tueriam	tueriatz	tuèron
	future	tuarai	tuaràs	tuarà	tuarem	tuaretz	tuaràn
	conditional	tuariáu	tuariás	tuariá	tuariam	tuariatz	tuarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tuèra	tuèras	tuèra	tueram	tueratz	tuèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tue	tues	tue	tuem	tuetz	tuan
	imperfect	tuèsse	tuèsses	tuèsse	tuessiam	tuessiatz	tuèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tua		tuem	tuatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects