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.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɑːˈl̠ʲuːɾʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːl̠ʲuːɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːl̠ʲuɾˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form táilliúr)

Noun

táilliúir m (genitive singular táilliúra, nominative plural táilliúirí)

  1. tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)
    Coordinate term: bantáilliúir
  2. tailor, bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Declension

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

  1. inflection of táilliúr:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. 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

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20

Further reading

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