taoiseach

See also: Taoiseach

English

Etymology

From Irish taoiseach, from Old Irish toísech, from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) (genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːʃəx/, /ˈtiːʃək/

Noun

taoiseach (plural taoiseachs or taoisigh)

  1. The head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.
    • 2019, Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian, 1 August:
      Everyone in the UK and Ireland should be afraid of a no-deal Brexit, the Irish taoiseach said, after he was accused of engaging in “Project Fear mark two”.

Usage notes
  • In English, when used 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.

Irish

Etymology

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 *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

taoiseach m (genitive singular taoisigh, nominative plural taoisigh)

  1. chieftain, leader
  2. Taoiseach, prime minister

Declension
Declension of taoiseach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative taoiseach taoisigh
Vocative a thaoisigh a thaoiseacha
Genitive taoisigh taoiseach
Dative taoiseach taoisigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an taoiseach na taoisigh
Genitive an taoisigh na dtaoiseach
Dative leis an taoiseach

don taoiseach

 leis na taoisigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
taoiseach thaoiseach dtaoiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Noun

taoiseach m (plural taoiseachs)

  1. taoiseach
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