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túsaigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Mutation

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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

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  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

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