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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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turraban, turraman, rocking of the body, nodding, grief (turadan, Sh.). Hence turra-chadal, a slumbering drowsiness, "nodding sleep":
turrag, an accident:
turradh, a surprise, taking unnawares (Skye):
turraig, air do thurraig, at stool (M'A.):
turram, a soft sound, murmur; onnomatopoetic. But cf. toirm, torrunn.
turtur, a turtle, so Ir., W. turtur; from Lat. turtur.
turus, a journey, Ir., E. Ir. turus, O. Ir. tururas, incursus, aururas, properatio: *to-reth-s-tu, root ret, run (see ruith).
tùs, the beginning, Ir. tús, O. Ir. túus, tús, W. tywys, leading; see tòiseach.
tut, interjection of cold or impatience; from Eng. tut. See thud.
tùt, a quiet breaking of wind, stench, Ir. tút, M. Ir. tútt, stench: allied to toit, q.v. Cf. Keating's tútmhar, smoky.
tuthan, a slut (Arm., M'L.), Ir. túthan; from the root of the above word.
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ua, o, from, Ir. ua, ó, O. Ir. ua, hua, ó: *ava, ab; Skr. áva, ab, off; Lat. au- (au-fero), away; Ch. Sl. u-, ab, away. See o.
uabairt, expulsion: *od-bert-, prefixed by ua? from the root ber (in beir).
uabhar, pride, so Ir., O. Ir. úabar, vainglory, W. ofer, waste, vain (Ascoli): *oubro-, root eüg, rise, Gr. ὕβρις, insolence (see uasal). It has also been analysed into *ua-ber like uabairt = "e-latio", elation.
uachdar, surface, summit, so Ir., O.ir. uachtar, ochtar: *ouktero-, root euꬶ, veꬶ, rise, be vigorous, as in uasal, q.v. Cf. W. uthr, admirandus.
uadh- in uadh-bheist, monster, uadh-chrith, terror; see uath below.
uaigh, a grave, Ir. uaigh, M. Ir. uag, E. Ir. uag, *augâ, allied to Got. augo, eye, Eng. eye. See for force dearc. So Stokes, and rightly.
uaigneach, secret, lonesome, so Ir., M. Ir. uagnech: *uath-gen-, "lonesome-kind", from uath, lonesome, single; Norse auðr, empty, Got. auþs, waste, desert; Lat. ôtium, rest.
uaill, pride, Ir. uaill, E. Ir. úaill, O. Ir. uall: *oukslâ, root euꬶ, veꬶ of uasal.
uaimh, a cave, den, Ir. uaimh, g. uamha, M. Ir. uaim, g. uama, O. Ir. huam, specus (also huád, specu): *oumâ. Bezzenberger suggests *poumâ, allied to Gr. πῶμα, a lid (*πωυμα); Strachan
