tóir

See also: toir and -tóir

Irish

From Old Irish tóir, from Proto-Celtic *to-wo-ret (“running up to”), from *reteti (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to run, roll”).

tóir f (genitive singular tóra, nominative plural tóireacha)

pursuit, chase; hunt, search; pursuing party
keenness, interest
Tá an-tóir agam ar an gceol seo. ― I'm very keen on this music.

Ní mór an tóir atá ar an bhfíon seo. ― This wine is not much sought after.
popularity
Tá tóir uirthi. ― She’s popular.

Declension of tóir (third declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an tóir	na tóireacha
genitive	na tóra	na dtóireacha
dative	leis an tóir don tóir	leis na tóireacha

Mutated forms of *tóir*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tóir	thóir	dtóir

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

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 741
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN