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táilliúir

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish táilliúr (compare Scottish Gaelic tàillear, Manx thalhear), from Anglo-Norman taillour (compare English tailor), from taillier (to cut; to shape), from Late Latin taliō.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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táilliúir m (genitive singular táilliúra, nominative plural táilliúirí)

  1. tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)
    Coordinate term: bantáilliúir
  2. tailor, bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Declension

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Declension of táilliúir (third declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an táilliúir na táilliúirí
genitive an táilliúra na dtáilliúirí
dative leis an táilliúir
don táilliúir
leis na táilliúirí

Derived terms

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Noun

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táilliúir

  1. inflection of táilliúr:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of táilliúir
radical lenition eclipsis
táilliúir tháilliúir dtáilliúir

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), “táilliúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20

Further reading

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