tosach

== Irish == === Alternative forms === toiseach === Etymology === From Old Irish tosach (“beginning”), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”). Akin to taoiseach. Compare Scottish Gaelic toiseach/tòisich. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈsˠɑx/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠosˠəx/, /ˈt̪ˠɞsˠəx/, /ˈt̪ˠesˠəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔsˠa(x)/ === Noun === tosach m (genitive singular tosaigh, nominative plural tosaigh) beginning, commencement Synonym: tús front, front end (nautical) bow (of a boat) face (of a building etc.) Synonyms: éadan, aghaidh the lead (in a race etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 747 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === tossach === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *towissākos, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.səx/ (Blasse) [ˈt̪o.sax] (Griffith) [ˈt̪o.səx] === Noun === tosach n (genitive tosaig, nominative plural tosge) beginning For quotations using this term, see Citations:tosach. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ar thosuch i tosuch tossogod ==== Descendants ==== Irish: tosach Manx: toshiaght Scottish Gaelic: toiseach === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tosach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language