tuit

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English

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Etymology

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A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.

Noun

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tuit (plural tuits)

  1. (humorous) Synonym of round tuit
    • 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:
      THIS IS A TUIT
    • 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet [2]:
      My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
    • 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet [3]:
      1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish tuit.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    tuit m (plural tuits)

    2. (social media) tweet (Twitter post)
      Synonyms: piulada, tweet

    Derived terms

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    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /tœy̯t/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: tuit
    • Rhymes: -œy̯t

    Etymology 1

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    From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.

    Noun

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    tuit n (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)

    1. a spout
    2. (obsolete) lock of hair
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    Descendants
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    • Afrikaans: tuit

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    tuit

    1. inflection of tuiten:
      1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
      2. imperative

    Finnish

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    Verb

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    tuit

    1. second-person singular past indicative of tukea

    Anagrams

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    Irish

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    Noun

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    tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)

    1. Alternative form of toit (“smoke”)

    Declension

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    Declension of tuit (second declension)
    bare forms
    case singular plural
    nominative tuit tuiteanna
    vocative a thuit a thuiteanna
    genitive tuite tuiteanna
    dative tuit tuiteanna
    forms with the definite article
    case singular plural
    nominative an tuit na tuiteanna
    genitive na tuite na dtuiteanna
    dative leis an tuit
    don tuit     		leis na tuiteanna

    Verb

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    tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)

    1. Alternative form of tit (“fall”)

    Conjugation

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    conjugation of tuit (first conjugation – A)
    singular plural relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    indicative present tuitim tuiteann tú;
    tuitir†     		tuiteann sé, sí tuitimid tuiteann sibh tuiteann siad;
    tuitid†     		a thuiteann; a thuiteas /
    a dtuiteann*     		tuitear
    past thuit mé; thuiteas thuit tú; thuitis thuit sé, sí thuiteamar; thuit muid thuit sibh; thuiteabhair thuit siad; thuiteadar a thuit /
    ar thuit*     		tuiteadh
    past habitual thuitinn / dtuitinn‡‡ thuiteá / dtuiteᇇ thuiteadh sé, sí / dtuiteadh sé, s퇇 thuitimis; thuiteadh muid / dtuitimis‡‡; dtuiteadh muid‡‡ thuiteadh sibh / dtuiteadh sibh‡‡ thuitidís; thuiteadh siad / dtuitidís‡‡; dtuiteadh siad‡‡ a thuiteadh /
    a dtuiteadh*     		thuití / dtuit퇇
    future tuitfidh mé;
    tuitfead     		tuitfidh tú;
    tuitfir†     		tuitfidh sé, sí tuitfimid;
    tuitfidh muid     		tuitfidh sibh tuitfidh siad;
    tuitfid†     		a thuitfidh; a thuitfeas /
    a dtuitfidh*     		tuitfear
    conditional thuitfinn / dtuitfinn‡‡ thuitfeá / dtuitfeᇇ thuitfeadh sé, sí / dtuitfeadh sé, s퇇 thuitfimis; thuitfeadh muid / dtuitfimis‡‡; dtuitfeadh muid‡‡ thuitfeadh sibh / dtuitfeadh sibh‡‡ thuitfidís; thuitfeadh siad / dtuitfidís‡‡; dtuitfeadh siad‡‡ a thuitfeadh /
    a dtuitfeadh*     		thuitfí / dtuitf퇇
    subjunctive present go dtuite mé;
    go dtuitead†     		go dtuite tú;
    go dtuitir†     		go dtuite sé, sí go dtuitimid;
    go dtuite muid     		go dtuite sibh go dtuite siad;
    go dtuitid†     		— go dtuitear
    past dá dtuitinn dá dtuiteá dá dtuiteadh sé, sí dá dtuitimis;
    dá dtuiteadh muid     		dá dtuiteadh sibh dá dtuitidís;
    dá dtuiteadh siad     		— dá dtuití
    imperative tuitim tuit tuiteadh sé, sí tuitimis tuitigí;
    tuitidh†     		tuitidís — tuitear
    verbal noun tuitim
    past participle tuite

    * indirect relative
    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of tuit
    radical lenition eclipsis
    tuit thuit dtuit

    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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    Old French

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    Adjective

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    tuit m

    1. nominative singular of tot (“all”)

    Adverb

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    tuit

    1. nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)

    Old Irish

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    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    ·tuit

    1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit

    tuit

    1. second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit

    Mutation

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    Mutation of tuit
    radical lenition nasalization
    tuit thuit tuit
    pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

    Old Occitan

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    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

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    tuit

    1. all; every

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/

    Verb

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    tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)

    1. fall
    2. happen, befall, chance
    3. stumble, slip
    4. subside
    5. sink
    6. set (as the sun)
    7. benight
    8. be seduced by
    9. fail
    10. damp

    Mutation

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    Mutation of tuit
    radical lenition
    tuit thuit

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

    References

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    • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tuit”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
    • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 do-tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English tweet. Orthographically adapted by the Fundación del Español Urgente. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
      • Rhymes: -it
      • Syllabification: tuit

      Noun

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      tuit m (plural tuits)

      2. (social media) tweet (Twitter post)
        • 2019 February 6, Elvira Guillén, “Premios Oscar sin anfitrión”, in Teleradio América Noticias‎[5]:
          En diciembre, el comediante Kevin Hart declinó una oferta de la Academia para presentar los Oscar debido a una controversia que se desató por unos tuits homofóbicos de hace una década.
          In December, the comedian Kevin Hart declined an offer from the Academy to host the Oscars due to a controversy sparked by some homophobic tweets from a decade ago.
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      Further reading

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