tuth

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish tút(t).

Noun

tuth f (genitive singular tuithe)

1. odour, stench, funk

   Synonym: bréantas

Declension

Declension of tuth

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuth Vocative a thuth Genitive tuithe Dative tuth

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tuth Genitive na tuithe Dative leis an tuth don tuth

Interjection

tuth!

1. what a stench!

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuth	thuth	dtuth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tút(t)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tuth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tuth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle English

Noun

tuth

1. Alternative form of tothe