tuitt

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tutʲ/

Verb

tuitt (past independent huitt, future independent tuittee, verbal noun tuittym, past participle tuittit)

1. to fall
2. to happen, befall, chance
3. to stumble, slip, fall over
4. to abate, subside, pass
5. to sink, tip over, keel over
6. to set (as the sun)
7. to slump, crumple
8. to founder, drift

   Ta'n baatey tuittym er y traie. ― The boat is foundering on the shore.

9. to dip, slope

   Ta'n raad tuittym dy geyre. ― The road dips sharply.

   Ta'n thalloo tuittym ayns shoh. ― The ground declines here.

10. to fall, drop off, decline

    Haghyr tuittym 'sy leagh margee. ― There was a fall in the market price.

Derived terms

• tuitt ass y cheilley (“to crumble”)
• tuitt er (“to fall on”)
• tuitt ergooyl (“to drop off”)
• tuitt fo (“to fall under”)
• tuitt magh (“to fall out”)
• tuitt ry-cheilley (“to come together”)
• tuitt stiagh (“to fall in”)
• tuitt veih my cheilley (“to fall apart”)