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tuit
tuit
English
Noun
tuit (plural tuits)
- (humorous) Synonym of round tuit
- 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet :
- THIS IS A TUIT
- 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet :
- My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
- 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet :
- 1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.
- 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet :
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
tuit n (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)
- a spout
Derived terms
- schenktuit
Verb
tuit
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tuiten
- imperative of tuiten
Irish
Noun
tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)
- Alternative form of toit (“smoke”)
Declension
Declension of tuit
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb
tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)
- Alternative form of tit (“fall”)
Conjugation
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*; a dtuiteas* |
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 | thuiteá | thuiteadh sé, sí | thuitimis; thuiteadh muid | thuiteadh sibh | thuitidís; thuiteadh siad | a thuiteadh / ar thuiteadh* |
thuití | |
| future | tuitfidh mé; tuitfead |
tuitfidh tú; tuitfir† |
tuitfidh sé, sí | tuitfimid; tuitfidh muid |
tuitfidh sibh | tuitfidh siad; tuitfid† |
a thuitfidh; a thuitfeas / a dtuitfidh*; a dtuitfeas* |
tuitfear | |
| conditional | thuitfinn | thuitfeá | thuitfeadh sé, sí | thuitfimis; thuitfeadh muid | thuitfeadh sibh | thuitfidís; thuitfeadh siad | a thuitfeadh / ar thuitfeadh* |
thuitfí | |
| 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
† Dialect form
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
- "tuit" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old French
Adjective
tuit m
- nominative singular of tot (“all”)
Adverb
tuit
- nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tutʲ/
Verb
·tuit
- third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit
tuit
- 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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish do·tuit (“falls”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/
Verb
tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)
- fall
- happen, befall, chance
- stumble, slip
- subside
- sink
- set (as the sun)
- benight
- be seduced by
- fail
- damp
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “1 do-tuit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Spanish
Etymology
Created by the Fundación del Español Urgente in order to have a more Hispanic word rather than adopting "tweet" from English. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.
Noun
tuit m (plural tuits)