Taoiseach

See also: taoiseach

English

Borrowed from Irish Taoiseach (“chief; leader; Taoiseach”).

(Irish) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːɕəx]
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēʹshəĸʜ, tēʹshăĸʜ, IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʃəx/, /ˈtiːʃax/

Taoiseach

Head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.
Title of the person holding that office.

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.

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”).

Taoiseach m (genitive singular Taoisigh, nominative plural Taoisigh)

Declension of Taoiseach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an Taoiseach	na Taoisigh
Genitive	an Taoisigh	na dTaoiseach
Dative	leis an Taoiseach don Taoiseach	leis na Taoisigh

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Taoiseach	Thaoiseach	dTaoiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.