taosach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From taos (“dough; paste”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]taosach (genitive singular masculine taosaigh, genitive singular feminine taosaí, plural taosacha, comparative taosaí)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taosach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm