taosach

Irish

Etymology

From taos (“dough; paste”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

taosach (genitive singular masculine taosaigh, genitive singular feminine taosaí, plural taosacha, comparative taosaí)

1. doughy

   Synonym: práibeach

2. pasty

Declension

Declension of taosach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	taosach	thaosach	taosacha; thaosacha2
vocative	thaosaigh		taosacha
genitive		taosaí	taosacha	taosach
dative	taosach; thaosach1	thaosach; thaosaigh (archaic)	taosacha; thaosacha2
Comparative	níos taosaí
Superlative	is taosaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of taosach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taosach	thaosach	dtaosach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “doughy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taosach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm