"taoiseach" meaning in Irish

See taoiseach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx] [Connacht, Munster], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃax] [Ulster], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃah] [Ulster] Audio: Ga-Taoiseach.ogg
Etymology: From Old Irish toísech (“leader”), from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *towissākos (“chief, first, primary”, adjective) (compare Welsh tywysog (“prince”)), from *towissus (“act of leading, leadership; beginning”) (from *to- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) + *wissus (“act of discovering or finding out; knowledge”) (ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”) or *weyd- (“to know; to see”))) + *-ākos (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘belonging to, having, involved with’). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*wedʰ-|*weyd-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|toísech|t=leader}} Old Irish toísech (“leader”), {{inh|ga|pgl|ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ|pos=genitive}} Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci, genitive), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*towissākos|pos=adjective|t=chief, first, primary}} Proto-Celtic *towissākos (“chief, first, primary”, adjective), {{cog|cy|tywysog|t=prince}} Welsh tywysog (“prince”), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*wedʰ-|t=to lead}} Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|taoisigh|||||||nominative plural|taoisigh|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} taoiseach m (genitive singular taoisigh, nominative plural taoisigh), {{ga-noun|m|taoisigh|taoisigh}} taoiseach m (genitive singular taoisigh, nominative plural taoisigh) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: taoisigh [genitive, singular], taoisigh [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], taoiseach [indefinite, nominative, singular], taoisigh [indefinite, nominative, plural], a thaoisigh [indefinite, singular, vocative], a thaoiseacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], taoisigh [genitive, indefinite, singular], taoiseach [genitive, indefinite, plural], taoiseach [dative, indefinite, singular], taoisigh [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an taoiseach [definite, nominative, singular], na taoisigh [definite, nominative, plural], an taoisigh [definite, genitive, singular], na dtaoiseach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an taoiseach [dative, definite, singular], don taoiseach [dative, definite, singular], leis na taoisigh [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], taoiseach [error-unrecognized-form], thaoiseach [error-unrecognized-form], dtaoiseach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. chieftain, leader Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-taoiseach-ga-noun-~G2lr5Vw
  2. Taoiseach, prime minister Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-taoiseach-ga-noun-4qIqylBr Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 37 3 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 36 1 34 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Ireland Disambiguation of Ireland: 0 0

Inflected forms

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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ˠiːʃax]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ˠiːʃah]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ga-Taoiseach.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/Ga-Taoiseach.ogg/Ga-Taoiseach.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Ga-Taoiseach.ogg",
      "text": "Taoiseach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taoiseach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for taoiseach meaning in Irish (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: taoiseach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "taoiseach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "taoiseach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "taoiseach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "taoiseach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "taoiseach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "taoiseach",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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