toisc

Irish

Alternative forms
  • toisg (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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
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