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)
- to fall
- to happen, befall, chance
- to stumble, slip, fall over
- to abate, subside, pass
- to sink, tip over, keel over
- to set (as the sun)
- to slump, crumple
- to founder, drift
- Ta'n baatey tuittym er y traie. ― The boat is foundering on the shore.
- to dip, slope
- Ta'n raad tuittym dy geyre. ― The road dips sharply.
- Ta'n thalloo tuittym ayns shoh. ― The ground declines here.
- 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”)