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Why is Taoiseach spelt Taoisigh in Irish, when I thought Taoiseach is an Irish word in first place? |
Any fluent speakers out there who can help me. I barely scraped a pass in lower Irish, but does anyone have any ideas. thanks
http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/ |
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Taoiseach is just the singular noun. It means chief.
Taoisigh is the genitive singular. It denotes possession.
For example you wanted to say "Department of the Chief"
Department = Roinn
the = an
Chief = Taoiseach however if you write,
Roinn an Taoiseach
That reads as "Department the Chief"
To make the word Taoiseach possesive so we know from the sentence whose deparment it is you change the noun to the genitive. Forming the genitive can get complicated because not all nouns change. Taoiseach is an example of one that does.
so "Department of the Chief" = Roinn an Taoisigh
It is also the nomintive plural (although in Roinn an Taoisigh its the genetive and not the plural).
If you ever want to find out what the genetive of a word is then you can go to http://focal.ie/Home.aspx and if you put in Taoiseach you'll see it says gu: taoisigh.
gu means ginideach uatha (genitive singular)
Or say for example man = fear and the gu: fir
so,
an fear = the man
an fhir = of the man
you moght wonder since the plural and genitive are the same how can you tell them apart.
You can because the plural uses na.
So fir is the genitive and the plural but
an fhir = of the man
na fir = the men/ of the men.
Same goes for Taoisigh,
an Taoisigh - of the Chief (the genitive)
na Taoisigh - the chiefs |
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Orla C
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Taoiseach is 'a prime minister', just one of them. Taoisigh is the plural, like a flock of taoisigh or something.
Of indeed you can ask the eternal question: how many taoisigh does it take to change a light bulb? |
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Kris......
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I am glad you asked that,I had no idea, but jk has put us all to shame with her excellent answer. |
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Braitheann sé ar an gramadach. |
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Patrick.K
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I think you have answered the question.................It's irish...lololololololol |
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LondonIrish
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It depends on what context your using it in, what tense and what case, Irish is just soooooooooooo confusing |
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