toisc

Irish

Alternative forms

• toisg (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Old Irish toisc (“need, wish, quest”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔʃc/

Noun

toisc f (genitive singular toisce, nominative plural tosca)

1. (literary) expedition, journey; quest, errand; business, purpose.
2. circumstance (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)
3. factor (one of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result)

Declension

Declension of toisc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative toisc tosca vocative a thoisc a thosca genitive toisce tosca dative toisc tosca forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an toisc na tosca genitive na toisce na dtosca dative leis an toisc don toisc leis na tosca

Derived terms

• toisc go

Mutation

Mutated forms of toisc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
toisc	thoisc	dtoisc

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language