taosc
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish táescaid (“to pour out”),[2] denominal from tóesc (“a jet, spurt”), which MacBain connects with Old Irish do·essim (“to pour”), from Proto-Celtic *semeti.[3] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic taosg.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]taosc (present analytic taoscann, future analytic taoscfaidh, verbal noun taoscadh, past participle taosctha)
- to bail (out) (remove water by scooping)
- Thaosc mé an bád
- I bailed (out) the boat.
- to drain (cause liquid to flow out of; dry out a wet place)
- Thaoscamar an talamh
- We drained the land.
- to pour (out)
- Synonym: doirt
- to draw off
- Ar thaosc tú an t-uisce?
- Did you draw off the water?
- to empty (something of a liquid)
- Taoscfaidh siad an bairille.
- They will empty the barrel.
- to pump (out) (use a pump to move liquid)
- Thaosc an dochtúir a bolg.
- The doctor pumped her stomach.
- to shovel (e.g. clay from the furrows into potato beds), earth up
- Táimid ag taoscadh na prátaí.
- We are earthing up the potatoes.
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of taosc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
[edit]taosc f (genitive singular taoisce, nominative plural taosca)
- Alternative form of taoisc (“a gush”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of taosc
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
taosc | thaosc | dtaosc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ “taosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taescaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taosg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 359
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 100, page 55
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taoscaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 718
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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