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beginning

nountús masc1  c m utosach masc1  c m uthe beginning of autumn tús an fhómhairthat was the beginning of the trouble b'in tús an aighnis

beginnings

1 noun early stages or signsI feel the beginnings of a headache braithim tinneas cinn ag teacht ormwe've got the beginnings of a good idea here tá ábhar smaoineamh maith againn anseo 2 noun originsthe beginnings of life tús na beatha, tosach na beathathe beginnings of Christianity fréamhacha na Críostaíochta
phrases

beginning and end

that's the beginning and end of the matter sin tús agus deireadh an scéil, sin bun agus barr an scéil

at the beginning of sth

ag tús rudaat the beginning of the century ag tús an chéid, i dtús an chéidat the very beginning of the book i bhfíorthosach an leabhair, ag tús an leabhair ar fad

by the beginning of sth

faoi thús rudaby the beginning of the twentieth century faoi thús an fichiú haois

from beginning to end

ó thús go deireadhó thús deireadh

from its beginnings

from its beginnings to the present day óna thús go dtí an lá atá inniu ann

from small beginnings

(also

from humble beginnings

, from modest beginnings

) he comes from small beginnings bhí a mhuintir bocht, ní raibh mórán de chuid an tsaoil ag a mhuintir

from the beginning

ó thús  c m uón túsdid he read the book from the beginning? ar léigh sé an leabhar ón tús?, ar thosaigh sé ag tús an leabhair?she's been like that with me from the beginning tá sí mar sin liom ó thúsisn't that what I told you from the very beginning? nach é sin an rud a dúirt mé leat ón gcéad lá riamh?

in the beginning

ar dtús  c m uag an túsi dtosach  c m ui dtosach báire

since the beginning of sth

it's been getting worse since the beginning of the year is in olcas atá sé ag dul ó thús na bliana, tá sé ag dul in olcas ó bhí tús na bliana annsince the beginning of time ó thosach aimsire, ó thús an tsaoil, riamh anall

the beginning of the end

this is the beginning of the end of his reign tá deireadh a ré ag druidim leis anois

to be just the beginning (of sth)

(also

to be only the beginning (of sth)

) it was just the beginning ní raibh ann ach an tús, ní raibh ann ach a thústhis is just the beginning of the process níl an próiseas ach ina thús, níl an próiseas ach ag tosú

to go back to the beginning

dul siar go dtí an tús

to start at the beginning

(also

to begin at the beginning

) tosú ag an tús