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taoisigh

Syllables: taoi·sighUK/ˈtiːʃi/US/ˈtiʃi/

taoisigh is the plural of taoiseach.

Meaning of taoiseach

Noun

taoiseach (plural taoiseachs or taoisigh)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A chieftain or leader.
    • Every diſtrict in the land, in which an Iriſh Taoiſeach or lord reſided, was obliged to entertain a Daniſh chief, to whom he was to ſubmit, and from whom he was to receive orders for the governing of his people; for theſe laſt would receive no commands, but directly from their own chiefs.1803, S[ylvester] O’Halloran, chapter III, in An Introduction to and an History of Ireland, volume III, Dublin: […] H. Fitzpatrick, […], →OCLC, page 163

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Noun capitalized: Taoisigh

Taoisigh

  1. (plural) plural of Taoiseach

Forms of taoisigh

alternative formtaoisigh

Origin of taoisigh

Borrowed from Irish taoisigh.

Questions about taoisigh

What is taoisigh the plural of?
Taoisigh is the plural of taoiseach.
What part of speech is taoisigh?
Taoisigh is a noun.
How do you pronounce taoisigh?
Taoisigh is pronounced /ˈtiːʃi/ (UK).

Words near taoisigh in the dictionary

  1. Taobei
  2. Taocheng
  3. TAOCP
  4. taoiseach
  5. taoiseachs
  6. taoisigh
  7. Taoism
  8. Taoisms
  9. Taoist
  10. Taoistic
  11. Taoistically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taoisigh (page history and authors); Taoisigh (page history and authors); taoiseach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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