taosc
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish táescaid (“to pour out”), denominal from tóesc (“a jet, spurt”), which MacBain connects with Old Irish do·essim (“to pour”), from Proto-Celtic *semeti.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic taosg.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
taosc (present analytic taoscann, future analytic taoscfaidh, verbal noun taoscadh, past participle taosctha)
- to bail (out) (remove water by scooping)
- Thaosc mé an bád
- I bailed (out) the boat.
- to drain (cause liquid to flow out of; dry out a wet place)
- Thaoscamar an talamh
- We drained the land.
- to pour (out)
- Synonym: doirt
- to draw off
- Ar thaosc tú an t-uisce?
- Did you draw off the water?
- to empty (something of a liquid)
- Taoscfaidh siad an bairille.
- They will empty the barrel.
- to pump (out) (use a pump to move liquid)
- Thaosc an dochtúir a bolg.
- The doctor pumped her stomach.
- to shovel (e.g. clay from the furrows into potato beds), earth up
- Táimid ag taoscadh na prátaí.
- We are earthing up the potatoes.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of taosc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun edit
taosc f (genitive singular taoisce, nominative plural taosca)
- Alternative form of taoisc (“a gush”)
Declension edit
Declension of taosc
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
taosc | thaosc | dtaosc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taosg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 359
Further reading edit
- “taosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “taescaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taoscaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 718
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55