taoiseach

== English == === Etymology === See Taoiseach. === Pronunciation === See Taoiseach. === Noun === taoiseach (plural taoiseachs or taoisigh) (Ireland, historical) A chieftain or leader. (Irish politics) Alternative letter-case form of Taoiseach (“head of the government of Ireland”). ==== Usage notes ==== Early attestations of sense 1 (“chieftain or leader”) in English texts are often uses of the Irish word. === References === == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish toísech (“leader”), from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos (“chief, first, primary”, adjective) (compare Welsh tywysog (“prince”)), from *towissus (“act of leading, leadership; beginning”) (from *to- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) + *wissus (“act of discovering or finding out; knowledge”) (ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”) or *weyd- (“to know; to see”))) + *-ākos (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘belonging to, having, involved with’). === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx] (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃax], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃah] === Noun === taoiseach m (genitive singular taoisigh, nominative plural taoisigh) chieftain, leader Taoiseach, prime minister ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === == Spanish == === Noun === taoiseach m (plural taoiseachs) taoiseach