tosnaigh

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

tosnaigh (present analytic tosnaíonn, future analytic tosnóidh, verbal noun tosnú, past participle tosnaithe)

  1. Munster form of tosaigh (begin, start)

Conjugation

Quotations

  • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
    Aon tráthnóna amháin bhíodar suidhte i dteannta a chéiligh, agus do thosnaigh Máire Bhán ar a bheith ag cuir ceisteann air []
    One night they were sitting together and Máire Bhán started asking him questions. []

Mutation

Mutated forms of tosnaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
tosnaigh thosnaigh dtosnaigh

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 59, page 15; reprinted 1988

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tosnuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1237; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tosnaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN