TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
toisc, f. (gs. ~e, pl. tosca). 1. Lit: Expedition, journey; quest, errand; business, purpose. Is mallaithe do thoisc chugainn, you come to us on an evil errand. D’imigh gach neach díobh lena thoisc féin, each of them went about his own business. ~ lae go n-oíche, a journey of a day and a night. 2. State, circumstance. Tosca an cháis, the circumstances of the case. Tosca bitheacha, biotic factors. 3. Amount accomplished in one journey. Thug mé isteach ~ uisce, I brought in a go of water. 4. ~, de thoisc, because, on account of. ~ na cainte go léir, on account of all the talk. ~ go raibh deifir orm, because I was in a hurry. D’aon ~, on purpose. (Var. pl. of 3:~eanna)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’~ ghnó, d’~ turas, d’~ toisc, d’~ oghaim, of set purpose, deliberately.
Turas, toisc, ~, fool’s errand.
Toisc ~ tairgeadh dom é, because it was not offered to me.