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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toisc	thoisc	dtoisc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “toisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language