Taoiseach
See also: taoiseach
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Taoiseach (“chief; leader; Taoiseach”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Taoiseach
- Head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.
- Title of the person holding that office.
Usage notes
- As a title the word should always be capitalised.
- When describing the political position, the word is sometimes capitalised but lower case is typically used.
See also
References
- “Taoiseach” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish toísech (“leader”), from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos (“leader”) (compare Welsh tywysog (“prince”)), from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weid- (“know, see”).
Pronunciation
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Taoiseach: (file)
Noun
Taoiseach m (genitive singular Taoisigh, nominative plural Taoisigh)
- Head of the Irish government, comparable to a UK or Australian Prime Minister.
- Title of the person holding that office.
Declension
Declension of Taoiseach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Taoiseach | Thaoiseach | dTaoiseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Taoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Taoiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Taoiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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