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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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tu, thu, thou, Ir., O. Ir. , W. ti, Corn. ty, te, Br. te: *tû; Lat. ; Gr. ; Eng. thou; Pruss. tou; Zd. .

tuagh, axe, so Ir., M. Ir. tuag, E.ir. túagach, hitting: *tougâ root teügh, tuq, hit, strie; Gr. τεúχω, fashion, τúκος, hammer, τυκάνη, flail; Ch. Sl. tŭalo, cuspis. Stokes prefers comparison with Skr. tuj, hit (*tug).

tuaicheal, dizziness, tuachioll (Sh.), winding, eddying, moving against the sun, left-about: *to-fo-cell (for cell, see timchioll, Ir. tuachail, going, confused with *tuath-cell, "left (north) going"? Cf. tuaineal.

tuaileas, reproach, scandal, so Ir. (Lh., O'B., etc.): *to-fo-less; from *lisso-, blame, discussed under leas-?

tuailt, tubhailt, a towel; Ir. tudhoille; from the Eng.

tuainig, unloose (Dial.); see tualaig.

tuaineal, dizziness, stupor, Ir. toinéall, swoon, trance (Dineen): *to-fo-in-el, root ell of tadhal? Or *to-fo-neul?

tuaiream, a guess, aim, vicinity, Ir. tuairim; also tuairmse: *to-for-med-, root med fo meas.

tuaireap, turbulence:

tuairgneadh, confusion, sedition, Ir. tuargán, noise, discontent:

tuairisgeul, description, report, Ir. tuarasgbháil, M. Ir. túarascbal, description, O. Ir. tuárascbaim, for to-for-as-gab-, root gab of gabh.

tuairmeis, hit on, discover: *do-fo-air-mess; see eirmis.

tuairneag, anything round, a boss, tidy female, tuairnean, a mallet, beetle, Ir. tuairnín, mallet; cf. next word.

tuairnear, a turner, Ir. túrnóir; from the Eng.

tuaisd, a dolt, sloven, tuaisdeach, unseemly:

tuaitheal, wrong, left-wise, Ir. tuaithbhil, E. Ir. tuathbil; from tuath and seal: see deiseil for latter root and form. Ir. has tuathal, the left hand, awkward.

tualaig, loose (Arm.), have flux, tuanlaig (n elided, Perth), tuanaig, tuanag, loosening (Dial.): from leig, *to-fo-leig.

tuam, tuama, a tomb, Ir. tuama; from Lat. tumba, Eng. tomb.

tuar, food, O. Ir. tuare: *taurio-, root staur, place, store, Eng. store, Skr. sthávara, fixed: root sta.

tuar, hue, appearance; cf. Ir., M. Ir. tuar, an omen, presage: *to-vor-, root ver, vor, of fhuair?

tuarasdal, wages, so Ir., M. Ir. tuarustul, tuarastal: *to-fo-ar-as-tal, root tal, tel, take, lift, M. Ir. taile, salarium, W. tâl, payment, Cor., Br. tal, solvit; I. E. tel; Gr. τέλος, tax, τάλαντον, talent; Lat. tollo; Eng. thole. See tail, tlàth.

tuasaid, a quarrel, fight, Ir. fuasaoid, animosity, spite, E. Ir. fúasait, "entwickelung", development: to-fo-ad-sedd-, G.