taosach

Irish

Etymology

From taos (“dough; paste”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

taosach (genitive singular masculine taosaigh, genitive singular feminine taosaí, plural taosacha, comparative taosaí)

1. doughy

   Synonym: práibeach

2. pasty

Declension

Declension of taosach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	taosach	thaosach	taosacha; thaosacha²
Vocative	thaosaigh		taosacha
Genitive		taosaí	taosacha	taosach
Dative	taosach; thaosach¹	thaosach; thaosaigh (archaic)	taosacha; thaosacha²
Comparative	níos taosaí
Superlative	is taosaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taosach	thaosach	dtaosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “doughy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taosach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm