From taos (“dough; paste”) + -ach.
taosach (genitive singular masculine taosaigh, genitive singular feminine taosaí, plural taosacha, comparative taosaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | taosach | thaosach | taosacha; thaosacha2 | |
vocative | thaosaigh | taosacha | ||
genitive | taosaí | taosacha | taosach | |
dative | taosach; thaosach1 |
thaosach; thaosaigh (archaic) |
taosacha; thaosacha2 | |
Comparative | níos taosaí | |||
Superlative | is taosaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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taosach | thaosach | dtaosach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.