túisce

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish túsca, a comparative of Old Irish toísech (“first, former”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

túisce

  1. sooner, rather
  2. first

Declension

Declension of túisce
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative túisce thúisce túisce;
thúisce²
Vocative thúisce túisce
Genitive túisce túisce túisce
Dative túisce;
thúisce¹ 		thúisce túisce;
thúisce²
Comparative níos túisce
Superlative is túisce

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Adverb

túisce

  1. sooner, rather
  2. first

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
túisce thúisce dtúisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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