túsaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tús +‎ -igh, though it may actually originally be a blend of tús (beginning) +‎ tosaigh (to begin).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuːsˠiː/

Verb

túsaigh (present analytic túsaíonn, future analytic túsóidh, verbal noun túsú, past participle túsaithe)

  1. (Ulster) to start, begin, initialize
    Synonym: tosaigh

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of túsaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
túsaigh thúsaigh dtúsaigh

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

References

  1. ^ túsaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túsaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “túsuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1280; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • túsaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025