taosc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • taosg (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish táescaid (“to pour out”),[2] denominal from tóesc (“a jet, spurt”), which MacBain connects with Old Irish do·essim (“to pour”), from Proto-Celtic *semeti.[3] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic taosg.

Pronunciation

Verb

taosc (present analytic taoscann, future analytic taoscfaidh, verbal noun taoscadh, past participle taosctha)

  1. to bail (out) (remove water by scooping)
    Thaosc mé an bád
    I bailed (out) the boat.
  2. to drain (cause liquid to flow out of; dry out a wet place)
    Thaoscamar an talamh
    We drained the land.
  3. to pour (out)
    Synonym: doirt
  4. to draw off
    Ar thaosc tú an t-uisce?
    Did you draw off the water?
  5. to empty (something of a liquid)
    Taoscfaidh siad an bairille.
    They will empty the barrel.
  6. to pump (out) (use a pump to move liquid)
    Thaosc an dochtúir a bolg.
    The doctor pumped her stomach.
  7. to shovel (e.g. clay from the furrows into potato beds), earth up
    Táimid ag taoscadh na prátaí.
    We are earthing up the potatoes.

Conjugation

conjugation of taosc (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun taoscadh
past participle taosctha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present taoscaim taoscann tú;
taoscair† 		taoscann sé, sí taoscaimid taoscann sibh taoscann siad;
taoscaid† 		a thaoscann; a thaoscas /
a dtaoscann* 		taosctar
past thaosc mé; thaoscas thaosc tú; thaoscais thaosc sé, sí thaoscamar; thaosc muid thaosc sibh; thaoscabhair thaosc siad; thaoscadar a thaosc /
ar thaosc* 		taoscadh
past habitual thaoscainn / dtaoscainn‡‡ thaosctá / dtaosctᇇ thaoscadh sé, sí / dtaoscadh sé, s퇇 thaoscaimis; thaoscadh muid / dtaoscaimis‡‡; dtaoscadh muid‡‡ thaoscadh sibh / dtaoscadh sibh‡‡ thaoscaidís; thaoscadh siad / dtaoscaidís‡‡; dtaoscadh siad‡‡ a thaoscadh /
a dtaoscadh* 		thaosctaí / dtaoscta퇇
future taoscfaidh mé;
taoscfad 		taoscfaidh tú;
taoscfair† 		taoscfaidh sé, sí taoscfaimid;
taoscfaidh muid 		taoscfaidh sibh taoscfaidh siad;
taoscfaid† 		a thaoscfaidh; a thaoscfas /
a dtaoscfaidh* 		taoscfar
conditional thaoscfainn / dtaoscfainn‡‡ thaoscfá / dtaoscfᇇ thaoscfadh sé, sí / dtaoscfadh sé, s퇇 thaoscfaimis; thaoscfadh muid / dtaoscfaimis‡‡; dtaoscfadh muid‡‡ thaoscfadh sibh / dtaoscfadh sibh‡‡ thaoscfaidís; thaoscfadh siad / dtaoscfaidís‡‡; dtaoscfadh siad‡‡ a thaoscfadh /
a dtaoscfadh* 		thaoscfaí / dtaoscfa퇇
subjunctive
present go dtaosca mé;
go dtaoscad† 		go dtaosca tú;
go dtaoscair† 		go dtaosca sé, sí go dtaoscaimid;
go dtaosca muid 		go dtaosca sibh go dtaosca siad;
go dtaoscaid† 		— go dtaosctar
past dá dtaoscainn dá dtaosctá dá dtaoscadh sé, sí dá dtaoscaimis;
dá dtaoscadh muid 		dá dtaoscadh sibh dá dtaoscaidís;
dá dtaoscadh siad 		— dá dtaosctaí
imperative
– taoscaim taosc taoscadh sé, sí taoscaimis taoscaigí;
taoscaidh† 		taoscaidís — taosctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

taosc f (genitive singular taoisce, nominative plural taosca)

  1. alternative form of taoisc (“a gush”)

Declension

Declension of taosc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative taosc taosca
vocative a thaosc a thaosca
genitive taoisce taosc
dative taosc taosca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an taosc na taosca
genitive na taoisce na dtaosc
dative leis an taosc
don taosc 		leis na taosca

Mutation

Mutated forms of taosc
radical lenition eclipsis
taosc thaosc dtaosc

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

References

  1. ^ “taosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taescaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taosg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 359
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 100, page 55

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