tús
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tus"
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tús m (genitive singular túis, nominative plural túis)
- beginning
- commencement, start, origin
- Tús maith leath na hoibre. (proverb)
- Well begun is half done.
- first, early, part
- forward, leading, position; precedence
- pick, choice
- opening
- introduction
- forward position
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tús”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 767
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *towissus, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tús m or f
Inflection
[edit]Masculine u-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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tús | thús | tús pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wedʰ-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wedʰ-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish nouns with multiple genders
- Old Irish masculine u-stem nouns