tosach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈsˠɑx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔsˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌsˠa(h)/

Noun

tosach m (genitive singular tosaigh, nominative plural tosaigh)

  1. beginning
    1. commencement, origin
      Tosach sláinte codladh. ― Sleep is the first sign of recovery.
      —Proverb
    2. first, early, part
  2. front
    1. front part
      1. front-end
      2. bow (of boat)
      3. face
      4. entrance; entry
    2. forward, leading, position
      1. (sports, Gaelic football, hurling) forward, striker
  3. sole (of boot, 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

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • garraí tosaigh (“front garden”)
  • i dtosach (“in the beginning, in the front”)
  • ó thosach (“from the beginning; at the beginning”)
  • tile tosaigh (“fore-sheet”)
  • urthosach (“very beginning; forefront, van”)

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

References
  • “tosach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “tosaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "tosach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • tossach

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtosax/

Noun

tosach n (genitive tossaig, nominative plural tosge)

  1. beginning

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tosach thosach tosach
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “tosach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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