tóir

See also: toir and -tóir

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tóir f (genitive singular tóra, nominative plural tóireacha)

  1. pursuit, chase; hunt, search; pursuing party
  2. 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.

Declension
Declension of tóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tóir tóireacha
Vocative a thóir a thóireacha
Genitive tóra tóireacha
Dative tóir tóireacha

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

Derived terms
  • ar thóir (“hunting for, looking for”)
  • fógra tóra m (“hue and cry”)
  • tóireadóir m (“probe, searcher”)
  • tóraí m (“pursuer; Tory”)
  • tóraigh (“pursue”, verb)
  • tórán m (“hunted animal; fugitive”)
  • tóraíocht f (“pursuit”)
  • tóraitheoir m (“pursuer”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tóir thóir dtóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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