tús

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tus"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tús.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːsˠ/

Noun

tús m (genitive singular túis, nominative plural túis)

  1. beginning
  2. commencement, start, origin
    Tús maith leath na hoibre. (proverb)
    Well begun is half done.
  3. first, early, part
  4. forward, leading, position; precedence
  5. pick, choice
  6. opening
  7. introduction
  8. forward position

Declension
Declension of tús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tús túis
Vocative a thúis a thúsa
Genitive túis tús
Dative tús túis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tús na túis
Genitive an túis na dtús
Dative leis an tús

don tús

 leis na túis

Derived terms
  • ar dtús
  • ó thús (“from the beginning; in the beginning”)
  • ó thús go deireadh (“from beginning to end”)
  • túsacht f (“beginning, commencement, start”)
  • túsaigh (“begin, start”, verb)
  • túschan (“intone”, verb)
  • túsiontráil f (“first entry”)
  • túslitir f (“initial letter”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tús thús dtús
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towissus, from either Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“lead”) or *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tuːs]

Noun

tús m or f

  1. beginning
  2. forefront

Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tús túsL túsae
Vocative tús túsL túsu
Accusative túsN túsL túsu
Genitive túsoH, túsaH túso, túsa túsaeN
Dative túsL túsaib túsaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: tús
  • Scottish Gaelic: tùs

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tús thús tús
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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