tús

See also: tus, TUS, tùs, tuš, tuş, tus', and -tus

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːsˠ/

Noun

tús m (genitive singular túis, nominative plural túis)

1. beginning
   1. commencement, start, origin

      Proverb: Tús maith leath na hoibre. ― Well begun is half done.

   2. first, early, part
2. forward, leading, position; precedence
3. pick, choice
4. opening
5. introduction
6. forward position

Declension

Declension of tús

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tús túis Vocative a thúis a thúsa Genitive túis tús Dative tús túis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tús na túis Genitive an túis na dtús Dative leis an tús don tús leis na túis

Derived terms

• ar dtús
• ó thús go deireadh (“from beginning to end”)
• ó thús (“from the beginning; in the beginning”)
• túsacht f (“beginning, commencement, start”)
• túsaigh (“begin, start”, verb)
• túschan (“intone”, verb)
• túsiontráil f (“first entry”)
• túslitir f (“Initial letter”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tús	thús	dtús
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towissos, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːs/

Noun

tús m or f

1. beginning
2. forefront

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• tosach
• tosuigim

Descendants

• Irish: tús
• Scottish Gaelic: tùs

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tús	thús	tús pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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