toisc
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- toisg (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom Old Irish toisc (“need, wish, quest”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittoisc f (genitive singular toisce, nominative plural tosca)
- (literary) expedition, journey; quest, errand; business, purpose.
- circumstance (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)
- factor (one of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result)
Declension
editDeclension of toisc
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
toisc | thoisc | dtoisc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language