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Irish
Etymology
From English torch.
Pronunciation
Noun
tóirse m (genitive singular tóirse, nominative plural tóirsí)
- torch (stick with flame at one end)
- flashlight (battery-powered hand-held light source)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| tóirse
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thóirse
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dtóirse
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “tóirse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tóirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tóirse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 742
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN