tuata
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish túatae.[2] By surface analysis, tuath + -ta.
Adjective
[edit]tuata (not comparable)
- lay (nonclergy; nonprofessional)
- secular (not specifically religious)
- temporal (of or relating to the material world)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- bráthair tuata (“lay brother”)
- tútach
Noun
[edit]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
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Derived terms
[edit]- mac an tsaoir ábhar an tuata (“a craftsperson’s child may become a layperson in that craft”) (proverb)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| tuata | thuata | dtuata |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “tuata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túatae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- 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