# toit
## English
### Noun

toit (plural toits)
* (UK, dialect) A cushion.

### Anagrams

* Tito

## Bourguignon
### Etymology

From Latin tectum.

### Noun

toit m (plural toits)
* roof

## Estonian
### Etymology

Derived from toitma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˈoi̯t/

### Noun

toit (genitive toidu, partitive toitu)
* food

#### Derived terms

* toitma
* toituma
* toitaine
* kiirtoit
* koeratoit
* magustoit

### Further reading

* toit in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “toit”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “toit”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

## Finnish
### Verb

toit
* second-person singular past indicative of tuoda

### Anagrams

* otit, otti, toti

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French toit, teit, from Latin tēctum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /twa/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: toi, toits (general), toua, touas, touât (one pronunciation)

### Noun

toit m (plural toits)
* 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.

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠɔtʲ/

### Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, nominative plural toiteanna)
* 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.
** vapour, steam
    Proverb: Níl sa saol ach gaoth is toit. ― Life is only wind and vapour.
* (familiar) batch of shellfish, piece of meat, etc., roasted on embers

#### 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”)
* toit is tormán (“sound and fury”)
* toitcheo (“smog”)
* toiteach, toitiúil (“smoky”, adjective)
* toitghinteach (“smoke-producing”, adjective)
* toitín (“cigarette”)

#### Related terms

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

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ 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

## Old French
### Etymology

Earlier teit, from Latin tēctum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoi̯t/

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* French: toit

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪ʰɔhtʲ/

### Noun

toit f (genitive singular toite, plural toitean)
* steam
* (Benbecula, South Uist, Eriskay, Barra, Tiree, Islay) smoke
    Synonyms: ceò, deathach
* cloud (of smoke)

### Mutation

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

### References

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