tosnaigh

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tosnaigh (present analytic tosnaíonn, future analytic tosnóidh, verbal noun tosnú, past participle tosnaithe)

  1. Alternative form of tosaigh (begin, start)
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
      Aon tráthnóna amháin bhíodar suidhte i dteannta a chéiligh, agus do thosnaigh Máire Bhán ar a bheith ag cuir ceisteann air []
      One night they were sitting together and Máire Bhán started asking him questions. []

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tosnaigh thosnaigh dtosnaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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