toisc
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- toisg (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish toisc (“need, wish, quest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]toisc f (genitive singular toisce, nominative plural tosca)
- (literary) expedition, journey; quest, errand; business, purpose.
- circumstance (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)
- factor (one of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result)
Declension
[edit]Declension of toisc
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| toisc | thoisc | dtoisc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language