tús

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tus"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tús.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tús m (genitive singular túis, nominative plural túis)

  1. beginning, commencement, start
    Tús maith leath na hoibre. (proverb)
    Well begun is half done.
  2. opening (something that is a beginning)

Declension

Declension of tús (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tús túis
vocative a thúis a thúsa
genitive túis tús
dative tús túis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tús na túis
genitive an túis na dtús
dative leis an tús
don tús 		leis na túis

Derived terms

  • ar dtús
  • buntús
  • déantús
  • ó thús (“from the beginning; in the beginning”)
  • ó thús go deireadh (“from beginning to end”)
  • túsacht f (“beginning, commencement, start”)
  • túsaigh (“begin, start”, verb)
  • túschan (“intone”, verb)
  • túsiontráil f (“first entry”)
  • túslitir f (“initial letter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tús
radical lenition eclipsis
tús thús dtús

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 243
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towissus, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuːs]

Noun

tús m or f

  1. beginning
  2. forefront

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative tús túsL túsae
vocative tús túsL túsu
accusative túsN túsL túsu
genitive túsoH, túsaH túso, túsa túsaeN
dative túsL túsaib túsaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: tús
  • Scottish Gaelic: tùs

Mutation

Mutation of tús
radical lenition nasalization
tús thús tús
pronounced with /d-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.