tubaist
English
Etymology
Noun
tubaist (plural tubaists)
Translations
one who plays the tuba
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish tubaiste, from Middle English tempest (“tempest, commotion”), from Old French tempeste (“storm”), from Latin tempestās. Cognate with Irish tubaiste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʰupɪʃtʲ/
Noun
tubaist f (genitive singular tubaiste, plural tubaistean)
- accident
- Synonym: tuiteamas
- mishap
- Synonyms: contrachd, deiseag-thubaist, driodairt, droch-fhortan, mì-fhortan, mì-sheun, pudhar, sgiorradh, teirmeasg, turrag
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| tubaist | thubaist |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tubaist(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
tubaist c
- a tubaist (performer of the tuba)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tubaist | tubaists |
| definite | tubaisten | tubaistens | |
| plural | indefinite | tubaister | tubaisters |
| definite | tubaisterna | tubaisternas |