tornádó
tornapa
torrach
tórramh
torthúil
torthúlacht
tosach
tosaigh
tosaíocht
tosaitheoir
toscaire
toscaireacht
tost
tóstal
tosú
trá
trácht
tráchtáil
tráchtaire
tráchtaireacht
tráchtas
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tosaigh
VERB
OPPOSITE: críochnaigh
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start
begin
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thosaigh an bhliain
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the year started
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tá an obair ag tosú
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the work is beginning
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thosaigh sí ag baint a cuid éadaí di
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she started taking her clothes off
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mise a thosaigh an próiseas
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I started the process
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
Grammatical forms
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tosaigh
VERB
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PAST TENSE
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thosaigh
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PRESENT TENSE
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tosaíonn
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FUTURE TENSE
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tosóidh
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VERBAL NOUN
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tosú
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VERBAL ADJECTIVE
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tosaithe
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
Related entries
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tosú
MASCULINE NOUN
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beginning
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é tosaigh an
203ú focal
is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge.
Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 2,406 focal.
Tosaigh is the
203th
most frequently used word in Irish.
It occurs once in every 2,406 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
Related examples
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thosaigh daoine ag filleadh ar ais abhaile
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people started returning home
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anois agus an samhradh tosaithe, is féidir linn dul ar saoire
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now that the summer has started, we can go on holidays
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b'iad na Normannaigh a thosaigh an nós féasóg a bhearradh agus gruaig a ghearradh
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it was the Normans who started the habit of shaving beards and cutting hair
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thosaigh sí ag dul ar scoil nuair a bhí sí seacht mbliana d’aois
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she started going to school when she was seven years of age
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thosaigh siad do mo cheistiú
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they started questioning me
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cén t-am a thosaigh an cruinniú?
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when did the meeting start?
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tosaíonn sí ag cíoradh a cuid gruaige
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she begins to comb her hair
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thosaigh daoine ag tuirlingt den traein
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people started getting off the train
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fuair sé greim ar an mhicreafón agus thosaigh ag canadh
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he grabbed the microphone and started singing
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i dtús na seachtóidí thosaigh daoine ag filleadh ar ais abhaile
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at the start of the seventies people started to return home
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níorbh fhada gur thosaigh feachtais in aghaidh na sclábhaíochta
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it wasn't long until anti-slavery campaigns started
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las sé toitín úr agus thosaigh ag caint
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he lit up a fresh cigarette and started to talk
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thosaigh siad ag marú na muc
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they started killing the pigs
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thosaigh an tsláinte ag meath air agus fuair sé bás
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his health started declining and he died
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thosaíodar mar sin ag ceannach oibrithe as an Afraic
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so, they started buying workers from Africa
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Tosóidh muid ar a trí a chlog.
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We'll start at three o'clock.
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Tosaíonn an chéad rang ag a hocht a chlog.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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The first class begins at eight o'clock.
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Tosaím ag obair ag a naoi a chlog.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
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I start working at nine o'clock.
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Cén t-am a thosaíonn tú ag obair?
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
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What time do you start working?
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Tosaíonn sí ag obair ag 7.30 ar maidin agus críochnaíonn sí ag 11.00 istoíche seacht lá in aghaidh na seachtaine.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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She starts working at 7.30 in the morning and finishes at 11.00 at night seven days a week.
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I 2000, thosaigh sé ag foghlaim eitilte i bhFlorida in éindí le Marbhan Al-Seithí agus Siad Deara.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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In 2000, he started learning to fly in Florida along with Marbhan Al-Seithí and Siad Deara.
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Tosaíodh ag aslonnú daoine as foirgnimh mhóra timpeall na tíre mar Túr Sears in Siceágo.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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People started being evacuated from tall buildings around the country such as Sears Tower in Chicago.
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thosaigh sí ag tabhairt amach do Shéamus
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she started giving out to Séamus
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tosaigh ag an tús
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start at the beginning
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Thosaigh sí ag dul ar scoil nuair a bhí sí seacht mbliana d'aois.
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She started going to school when she was seven years of age.
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Thosaigh an slua ag liú agus ag bualadh bos.
Alex Hijmans: Aiséirí, Cois Life 2011
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The crowd started yelling and clapping.
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Thosaigh tuairiscí ag teacht as Washington gur buaileadh an Pentagon.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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Reports started coming from Washington that the Pentagon had been hit.
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Ghlac sí seilbh ar an micreafón agus thosaigh sí ag canadh.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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She got hold of the microphone and started singing.
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Níorbh fhada gur thosaigh daoine geala ag breathnú ar dhaoine gorma mar fho-chine.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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It wasn't long before white people started looking at black people as a sub-race.
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Thoisigh siad a mhagadh ar Sheimí, a rá leis gurb í a bheadh mar mhnaoi aige.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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They started making fun of Jamie, saying she would be his wife one day.
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Is furast duitse stad den ól nuair nár thúsaigh tú air.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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It's easy for you to stop drinking when you haven't started.
Tá Gluais Tí Pota Focal faoi cheadúnas Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike agus ar fáil le híoslódáil anseo.
Pota Focal House Glossary is under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike licence and can be downloaded here.
Tá inneachar an bhosca ‘Staitisticí’ bunaithe ar Liosta Minicíochta Focal Gaeilge atá faoi cheadúnas Open Database License.
The content of the ‘Statistics’ boxes is based on Irish Word Frequency List which are under the Open Database License.
Tá sonraí Ghluais Tí Pota Focal á n-úsáid in LingoBrain, cluiche foghlama focal le haghaidh na nguthán póca.
Data from Pota Focal House Glossary is used in LingoBrain, a vocabulary learning game for mobile phones.
