Taoiseach

Borrowed from Irish Taoiseach (“chief; leader; Taoiseach”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēʹshəĸʜ, tēʹshăĸʜ, IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʃəx/, /ˈtiːʃax/

Taoiseach

1. Head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.
2. Title of the person holding that office.

• As a title the word should always be capitalised.
• When describing the political position, the word is sometimes capitalised but lower case is typically used.

• taoiseach

• “Taoiseach” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

From Old Irish toísech (“leader”), from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos (“leader”) (compare Welsh tywysog (“prince”)), from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weid- (“know, see”).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃax], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃah]

• Taoiseach

  (file)

Taoiseach m (genitive singular Taoisigh, nominative plural Taoisigh)

1. Head of the Irish government, comparable to a UK or Australian Prime Minister.
2. Title of the person holding that office.

• "Taoiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “Taoiseach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Taoiseach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.