tóirse

Irish

Etymology

From English torch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠʃə/

Noun

tóirse m (genitive singular tóirse, nominative plural tóirsí)

1. torch (stick with flame at one end)
2. flashlight (battery-powered hand-held light source)

Declension

Declension of tóirse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tóirse tóirsí vocative a thóirse a thóirsí genitive tóirse tóirsí dative tóirse tóirsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tóirse na tóirsí genitive an tóirse na dtóirsí dative leis an tóirse don tóirse leis na tóirsí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tóirse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tóirse	thóirse	dtóirse

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

Further reading

• “tóirse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tóirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tóirse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 742
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN