táilliúir
Irish
Alternative forms
- táilliúr
Etymology
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
Noun
táilliúir m (genitive singular táilliúra, nominative plural táilliúirí)
- tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)
- Coordinate term: bantáilliúir
- tailor, bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
Declension
Declension of táilliúir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ag tóraíocht táilliúra i mbruth faoi thír (“looking for a needle in a haystack”)
- déanta ón táilliúir (“tailor-made, made to measure”)
- iarann táilliúra (“tailor's goose”)
- léim táilliúra (“somersault performed with legs crossed”)
- méaracán táilliúra (“tailor's, open-ended, thimble”)
- siosúr táilliúra (“cutting-out scissors”)
- snáithe fada an táilliúra fhalsa (“slipshod work”, literally “the lazy tailor's long stitch”)
- táilliúir gan miosúr (“an ill-equipped person”, literally “a tailor without a measuring-tape”)
Noun
táilliúir
- inflection of táilliúr:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| táilliúir | tháilliúir | dtáilliúir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “táilliúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táilliúir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “táilliúir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “táilliúir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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