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, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative tuth vocative a thuth genitive tuithe dative tuth forms with the definite article singular nominative an tuth genitive na tuithe dative leis an tuth don tuth

Derived terms

• tuthóg

Interjection

tuth!

1. what a stench!

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuth	thuth	dtuth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013–2025

Middle English

Noun

tuth

1. alternative form of toth