taoiseach

See also: Taoiseach

English

Etymology

From Irish taoiseach, from Old Irish toísech, from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) (genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʃəx/, /ˈtiːʃək/

Noun

taoiseach (plural taoiseachs or taoisigh)

The head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.

Usage notes

In English, when used 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.

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 *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃax], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃah]

Noun

taoiseach m (genitive singular taoisigh, nominative plural taoisigh)

Declension

Declension of taoiseach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	taoiseach	taoisigh
Vocative	a thaoisigh	a thaoiseacha
Genitive	taoisigh	taoiseach
Dative	taoiseach	taoisigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an taoiseach	na taoisigh
Genitive	an taoisigh	na dtaoiseach
Dative	leis an taoiseach don taoiseach	leis na taoisigh

Mutation

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.

Spanish

Noun

taoiseach m (plural taoiseachs)

taoiseach

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