tosú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tosu"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tossogod.[1] By surface analysis, tosaigh (“to begin”) +‎ -ú.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈsˠuː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔsˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɞsˠu/

Noun

tosú m (genitive singular tosaithe)

  1. verbal noun of tosaigh
  2. beginning, commencement, start

Declension

Declension of tosú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative tosú
vocative a thosú
genitive tosaithe
dative tosú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tosú
genitive an tosaithe
dative leis an tosú
don tosú

Mutation

Mutated forms of tosú
radical lenition eclipsis
tosú thosú dtosú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tosaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tosnuġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1237; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tosú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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