taosc

Irish

Alternative forms

• taosg (obsolete)

Etymology

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. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic taosg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠeːsˠk/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiːsˠk/

Verb

taosc (present analytic taoscann, future analytic taoscfaidh, verbal noun taoscadh, past participle taosctha)

1. to bail (out) (remove water by scooping)

   Thaosc mé an bád

   I bailed (out) the boat.

2. to drain (cause liquid to flow out of; dry out a wet place)

   Thaoscamar an talamh

   We drained the land.

3. to pour (out)

   Synonym: doirt

4. to draw off

   Ar thaosc tú an t-uisce?

   Did you draw off the water?

5. to empty (something of a liquid)

   Taoscfaidh siad an bairille.

   They will empty the barrel.

6. to pump (out) (use a pump to move liquid)

   Thaosc an dochtúir a bolg.

   The doctor pumped her stomach.

7. 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

conjugation of taosc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	taoscaim	taoscann tú; taoscair†	taoscann sé, sí	taoscaimid	taoscann sibh	taoscann siad; taoscaid†	a thaoscann; a thaoscas / a dtaoscann*; a dtaoscas*	taosctar
	past	thaosc mé; thaoscas	thaosc tú; thaoscais	thaosc sé, sí	thaoscamar; thaosc muid	thaosc sibh; thaoscabhair	thaosc siad; thaoscadar	a thaosc / ar thaosc*	taoscadh
	past habitual	thaoscainn / dtaoscainn‡‡	thaosctá / dtaosctᇇ	thaoscadh sé, sí / dtaoscadh sé, s퇇	thaoscaimis; thaoscadh muid / dtaoscaimis‡‡; dtaoscadh muid‡‡	thaoscadh sibh / dtaoscadh sibh‡‡	thaoscaidís; thaoscadh siad / dtaoscaidís‡‡; dtaoscadh siad‡‡	a thaoscadh / a dtaoscadh*	thaosctaí / dtaoscta퇇
future		taoscfaidh mé; taoscfad	taoscfaidh tú; taoscfair†	taoscfaidh sé, sí	taoscfaimid; taoscfaidh muid	taoscfaidh sibh	taoscfaidh siad; taoscfaid†	a thaoscfaidh; a thaoscfas / a dtaoscfaidh*; a dtaoscfas*	taoscfar
conditional		thaoscfainn / dtaoscfainn‡‡	thaoscfá / dtaoscfᇇ	thaoscfadh sé, sí / dtaoscfadh sé, s퇇	thaoscfaimis; thaoscfadh muid / dtaoscfaimis‡‡; dtaoscfadh muid‡‡	thaoscfadh sibh / dtaoscfadh sibh‡‡	thaoscfaidís; thaoscfadh siad / dtaoscfaidís‡‡; dtaoscfadh siad‡‡	a thaoscfadh / a dtaoscfadh*	thaoscfaí / dtaoscfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtaosca mé; go dtaoscad†	go dtaosca tú; go dtaoscair†	go dtaosca sé, sí	go dtaoscaimid; go dtaosca muid	go dtaosca sibh	go dtaosca siad; go dtaoscaid†	—	go dtaosctar
	past	dá dtaoscainn	dá dtaosctá	dá dtaoscadh sé, sí	dá dtaoscaimis; dá dtaoscadh muid	dá dtaoscadh sibh	dá dtaoscaidís; dá dtaoscadh siad	—	dá dtaosctaí
imperative		taoscaim	taosc	taoscadh sé, sí	taoscaimis	taoscaigí; taoscaidh†	taoscaidís	—	taosctar
verbal noun		taoscadh
past participle		taosctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

taosc f (genitive singular taoisce, nominative plural taosca)

1. Alternative form of taoisc (“a gush”)

Declension

Declension of taosc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taosc taosca Vocative a thaosc a thaosca Genitive taoisce taosc Dative taosc taosca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taosc na taosca Genitive na taoisce na dtaosc Dative leis an taosc don taosc leis na taosca

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taosc	thaosc	dtaosc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “taosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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