tuata
Irish
Alternative forms
- tuathta (obsolete)[1]
Adjective
tuata (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of tuata
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tuata | thuata | tuata; thuata² | |
| Vocative | thuata | tuata | ||
| Genitive | tuata | tuata | tuata | |
| Dative | tuata; thuata¹ |
thuata | tuata; thuata² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- bráthair tuata (“lay brother”)
Noun
tuata m (genitive singular tuata, nominative plural tuataí)
- layperson (one who is not a cleric; one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject)
- (in the plural) laity
- rustic
- Synonym: tuathánach
Declension
Declension of tuata
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- mac an tsaoir ábhar an tuata (“a craftsperson’s child may become a layperson in that craft”) (proverb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuata | thuata | dtuata |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “tuata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “túatae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 763
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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