tuit

English

Etymology

A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.

Noun

tuit (plural tuits)

1. (humorous) Synonym of round tuit
   • 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:

     THIS IS A TUIT

   • 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet [2]:

     My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.

   • 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet [3]:

     1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.

Anagrams

• ITU-T

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tuit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtujt]

Noun

tuit m (plural tuits)

1. (Internet) tweet (post on Twitter)

   Synonym: piulada

Derived terms

• tuitejar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœy̯t/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tuit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.

Noun

tuit n (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)

1. a spout
2. (obsolete) lock of hair

Derived terms

• schenktuit

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tuit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuit

1. inflection of tuiten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Finnish

Verb

tuit

1. second-person singular past indicative of tukea

Anagrams

• tiut, tuti

Irish

Noun

tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)

1. Alternative form of toit (“smoke”)

Declension

Declension of tuit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tuit tuiteanna Vocative a thuit a thuiteanna Genitive tuite tuiteanna Dative tuit tuiteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuit na tuiteanna Genitive na tuite na dtuiteanna Dative leis an tuit don tuit leis na tuiteanna

Verb

tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)

1. Alternative form of tit (“fall”)

Conjugation

conjugation of tuit (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuitim	tuiteann tú; tuitir†	tuiteann sé, sí	tuitimid	tuiteann sibh	tuiteann siad; tuitid†	a thuiteann; a thuiteas / a dtuiteann*	tuitear
	past	thuit mé; thuiteas	thuit tú; thuitis	thuit sé, sí	thuiteamar; thuit muid	thuit sibh; thuiteabhair	thuit siad; thuiteadar	a thuit / ar thuit*	tuiteadh
	past habitual	thuitinn / dtuitinn‡‡	thuiteá / dtuiteᇇ	thuiteadh sé, sí / dtuiteadh sé, s퇇	thuitimis; thuiteadh muid / dtuitimis‡‡; dtuiteadh muid‡‡	thuiteadh sibh / dtuiteadh sibh‡‡	thuitidís; thuiteadh siad / dtuitidís‡‡; dtuiteadh siad‡‡	a thuiteadh / a dtuiteadh*	thuití / dtuit퇇
future		tuitfidh mé; tuitfead	tuitfidh tú; tuitfir†	tuitfidh sé, sí	tuitfimid; tuitfidh muid	tuitfidh sibh	tuitfidh siad; tuitfid†	a thuitfidh; a thuitfeas / a dtuitfidh*	tuitfear
conditional		thuitfinn / dtuitfinn‡‡	thuitfeá / dtuitfeᇇ	thuitfeadh sé, sí / dtuitfeadh sé, s퇇	thuitfimis; thuitfeadh muid / dtuitfimis‡‡; dtuitfeadh muid‡‡	thuitfeadh sibh / dtuitfeadh sibh‡‡	thuitfidís; thuitfeadh siad / dtuitfidís‡‡; dtuitfeadh siad‡‡	a thuitfeadh / a dtuitfeadh*	thuitfí / dtuitf퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuite mé; go dtuitead†	go dtuite tú; go dtuitir†	go dtuite sé, sí	go dtuitimid; go dtuite muid	go dtuite sibh	go dtuite siad; go dtuitid†	—	go dtuitear
	past	dá dtuitinn	dá dtuiteá	dá dtuiteadh sé, sí	dá dtuitimis; dá dtuiteadh muid	dá dtuiteadh sibh	dá dtuitidís; dá dtuiteadh siad	—	dá dtuití
imperative		tuitim	tuit	tuiteadh sé, sí	tuitimis	tuitigí; tuitidh†	tuitidís	—	tuitear
verbal noun		tuitim
past participle		tuite

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuit	thuit	dtuit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Adjective

tuit m

1. nominative singular of tot (“all”)

Adverb

tuit

1. nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tutʲ/

Verb

·tuit

1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit

tuit

1. second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tuit	thuit	tuit pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• tot, tuih

Adjective

tuit

1. all; every

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/

Verb

tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)

1. fall
2. happen, befall, chance
3. stumble, slip
4. subside
5. sink
6. set (as the sun)
7. benight
8. be seduced by
9. fail
10. damp

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tuit	thuit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “tuit”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 do-tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Orthographically adapted by the Fundación del Español Urgente for the English-borrowed word to have a more Hispanic form rather than the English one. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: tuit

Noun

tuit m (plural tuits)

1. (computing) tweet (post on Twitter)
   • 2019 February 6, Elvira Guillén, “Premios Oscar sin anfitrión”, in Teleradio América Noticias‎^[5]:

     En diciembre, el comediante Kevin Hart declinó una oferta de la Academia para presentar los Oscar debido a una controversia que se desató por unos tuits homofóbicos de hace una década.

     In December, the comedian Kevin Hart declined an offer from the Academy to host the Oscars due to a controversy sparked by some homophobic tweets from a decade ago.

Related terms

• tuitear
• tuiteo
• tuitero

 

Further reading

• “tuit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014