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tuairisc

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Irish

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Etymology

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Possibly a back-formation from tuarascáil,[1] from Middle Irish túarascbáil.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tuairisc f (genitive singular tuairisce, nominative plural tuairiscí)

  1. information, tidings
  2. account (of whereabouts), record
  3. account, report, statement
    Synonyms: cuntas, taifead

Declension

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Declension of tuairisc (second declension)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tuairisc na tuairiscí
genitive na tuairisce na dtuairiscí
dative leis an tuairisc
don tuairisc
leis na tuairiscí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of tuairisc
radical lenition eclipsis
tuairisc thuairisc dtuairisc

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túairisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túarascbáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 46, page 24
  4. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 663, page 71
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 206

Further reading

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