toit

toit

English

Noun

toit (plural toits)

1. (UK, dialect) A cushion.

Anagrams

• Tito

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin tectum.

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

1. roof

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from toitma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˈoi̯t/

Noun

toit (genitive toidu, partitive toitu)

1. food

Declension

Declension of toit (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	toit	toidud
genitive	toidu	toitude
partitive	toitu	toite / toitusid
illative	toitu / toidusse	toitudesse / toidesse
inessive	toidus	toitudes / toides
elative	toidust	toitudest / toidest
allative	toidule	toitudele / toidele
adessive	toidul	toitudel / toidel
ablative	toidult	toitudelt / toidelt
translative	toiduks	toitudeks / toideks
terminative	toiduni	toitudeni
essive	toiduna	toitudena
abessive	toiduta	toitudeta
comitative	toiduga	toitudega

Derived terms

• toitma
• toituma
• toitaine
• kiirtoit
• koeratoit
• magustoit

Further reading

• toit in Sõnaveeb
• toit in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• toit in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN

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Finnish

Verb

toit

1. second-person singular past indicative of tuoda

Anagrams

• otit, otti, toti

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French

Etymology

(Oblique form of) Old French toit, earlier teits, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

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• Homophones: toi, toits, toua, touas, touât

Noun

toit m (plural toits)

1. roof

Derived terms

• crier sur les toits
• toit ouvrant

Further reading

• “toit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Irish

Etymology

A variant of Middle Irish tútt (“stench”); compare Scottish Gaelic toit.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔtʲ/[1]

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, nominative plural toiteanna)

1. smoke

   Proverb: An áit a mbíonn toit bíonn tine. ― Where there's smoke, there's fire.

   Níl sa saol ach gaoth agus toit. ― The world is only wind and smoke.

   1. vapour, steam

      Proverb: Níl sa saol ach gaoth is toit. ― Life is only wind and vapour.

2. (familiar) batch of shellfish, piece of meat, etc., roasted on embers

Declension

Declension of toit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative toit toiteanna Vocative a thoit a thoiteanna Genitive toite toiteanna Dative toit toiteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an toit na toiteanna Genitive na toite na dtoiteanna Dative leis an toit don toit leis na toiteanna

Derived terms

• dubh le toit (“smoke-begrimed”)
• toit a chaitheamh (“to have a smoke”)
• toitcheo (“smog”)
• toiteach, toitiúil (“smoky”, adjective)
• toitghinteach (“smoke-producing”, adjective)
• toitín (“cigarette”)
• toit is tormán (“sound and fury”)

 

Related terms

• toiteachán m (“smoke-hole, chimney”)
• toitrigh (“smoke, fumigate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toit	thoit	dtoit
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 13

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “toit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old French

Etymology

Earlier teit, from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoi̯t/

Noun

toit m (oblique plural toiz or toitz, nominative singular toiz or toitz, nominative plural toit)

1. roof

Descendants

• French: toit

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

A variant of Middle Irish tútt (“stench”), from Proto-Celtic *tutto, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, dark”);[1] compare Irish toit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɔhtʲ/

Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, plural toitean)

1. steam
2. smoke
3. cloud (of smoke)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
toit	thoit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “toit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN