tuairim, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í).1. Opinion. ~ a thabhairt de rud, ar rud, to form, express, an opinion about sth. Cad é do thuairim air? What do you think of it? Tá ~ aige de féin, he has a high opinion of himself. Tá ~ agam, is é mo thuairim (go), I am of opinion (that). ~ mheáite, considered opinion. I mo thuairim, de réir mo thuairime, in my opinion. Ar feadh mo thuairime, as far as I can judge. Níl aon dá thuairim agam faoi, I have no doubt whatever about it. Bheith ar aon ~ le duine faoi rud, to be in agreement with s.o. about sth. ~ a bhaint as rud, to draw an inference from sth. Is é an ~ a bhainim as (go), I infer from it (that). Thug mé ~ (go), I formed an opinion (that). Thug mé ~ aithne dó, I guessed his identity. An fear is lú a mbeadh ~ agat dó, the man you would least expect. Ní chuirfeá faoina thuairim é, you would never suspect it of him. Níl tú ach ag caitheamh ~í, you are only guessing. S.a. buille 1(a).2. (As prep. or in prep. phrases) (a)~ an ama sin, about that time. Tá ~ orlaigh agat orm, you are about an inch taller than me. Cad é an ~ áite ar fhág tú iad? Whereabouts did you leave them? ~ ar chéad, ~ is céad, about a hundred. Faoi mo thuairim féin aoise, about my own age. Cúig mhí nó faoin ~ sin, five months or thereabouts. Ní raibh mé ach á dtógáil faoi thuairim, I was only taking them at random. (b)Faoi thuairim, to, towards; for, for the purpose of. Ag teacht faoi mo thuairim, coming towards me. Thaisc mé é faoi thuairim chostas scoile na bpáistí, I saved it towards the children’s school expenses. Bhíomar ag ól faoi do thuairim, we were drinking to your success. Faoi thuairim do shláinte! Here’s health to you!