Taoiseach

See also: taoiseach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Taoiseach (chief; leader; Taoiseach).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Taoiseach

  1. Head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.
  2. Title of the person holding that office.

Usage notes

  • As a title the word should always be capitalised.
  • When describing the political position, the word is sometimes capitalised but lower case is typically used.

See also

References


Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish toísech (leader), from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos (leader) (compare Welsh tywysog (prince)), from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (lead) or *weid- (know, see).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠiːʃax], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃah]
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Noun

Taoiseach m (genitive singular Taoisigh, nominative plural Taoisigh)

  1. Head of the Irish government, comparable to a UK or Australian Prime Minister.
  2. Title of the person holding that office.

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Taoiseach Thaoiseach dTaoiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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