toisc

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Irish

Alternative forms

  • toisg (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Old Irish toisc (“need, wish, quest”).

Pronunciation

Noun

toisc f (genitive singular toisce, nominative plural tosca)

  1. (literary) expedition, journey; quest, errand; business, purpose.
  2. circumstance (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)
  3. factor (one of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result)

Declension

Declension of toisc (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative toisc tosca
vocative a thoisc a thosca
genitive toisce tosca
dative toisc tosca
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an toisc na tosca
genitive na toisce na dtosca
dative leis an toisc
don toisc 		leis na tosca

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of toisc
radical lenition eclipsis
toisc thoisc dtoisc

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

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