tosach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tosach (“beginning”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *towissākos, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”). Akin to taoiseach. Compare Scottish Gaelic toiseach/tòisich.

Pronunciation

Noun

tosach m (genitive singular tosaigh, nominative plural tosaigh)

  1. beginning, commencement
    Synonym: tús
    Tosach sláinte codladh. (proverb)
    Sleep is the first sign of recovery.
  2. front, front end
  3. (nautical) bow (of a boat)
  4. face (of a building etc.)
    Synonyms: éadan, aghaidh
  5. the lead (in a race etc.)

Declension

Declension of tosach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tosach tosaigh
vocative a thosaigh a thosacha
genitive tosaigh tosach
dative tosach tosaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tosach na tosaigh
genitive an tosaigh na dtosach
dative leis an tosach
don tosach 		leis na tosaigh

Derived terms

  • chun tosaigh (“(facing) forward(s)”)
  • i dtosach (“in the beginning, in the front”)
  • ó thosach (“from the beginning; at the beginning”)
  • tosaí (“forward, striker (in football)”)
  • urthosach (“very beginning; forefront, van”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tosach
radical lenition eclipsis
tosach thosach dtosach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tosach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towissākos, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tosach n (genitive tosaig, nominative plural tosge)

  1. beginning

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tosachN tosachN tosachL, tosge
Vocative tosachN tosachN tosachL, tosge
Accusative tosachN tosachN tosachL, tosge
Genitive tosaigL tosach tosachN
Dative tosuchL toschib toschib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: tosach
  • Manx: toshiaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: toiseach

Mutation

Mutation of tosach
radical lenition nasalization
tosach thosach tosach
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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