torc

See also: torç

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: torq, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

1. Alternative spelling of torque (“necklace”)

Anagrams

• -cort, -cort-, COTR, Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, cort-, ctor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• torcu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

Verb

torc first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative tortsi, past participle torse)

1. to spin (yarn)

Related terms

• turtseri
• tors
• stãcor
• turte

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌɾˠk/

Etymology 1

torc¹

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)
2. portly, corpulent, person; man of substance

   Synonym: torclach

Derived terms

• toirceoil f (“boar meat, brawn”)
• torc na bhfaithní m (“warthog”)
• torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
• torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
• torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

 

Etymology 2

torc²

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. torque (braided necklace or collar)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English torque, from Latin torqueō (“I twist”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (physics) torque

Declension

Declension of torc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative torc toirc Vocative a thoirc a thorca Genitive toirc torc Dative torc toirc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an torc na toirc Genitive an toirc na dtorc Dative leis an torc don torc leis na toirc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
torc	thorc	dtorc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “torc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tork/

Etymology 1

torc¹

From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”) (compare Welsh twrch).

Noun

torc m

1. boar
2. chieftain, hero

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	torc	torcL	tuircL
Vocative	tuirc	torcL	turcuH
Accusative	torcN	torcL	turcuH
Genitive	tuircL	torc	torcN
Dative	turcL	torcaib	torcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• torcda

Descendants

• Irish: torc
• Scottish Gaelic: torc

Etymology 2

torc²

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

1. torque (necklace)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	torc	torcL	tuircL
Vocative	tuirc	torcL	turcuH
Accusative	torcN	torcL	turcuH
Genitive	tuircL	torc	torcN
Dative	turcL	torcaib	torcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: torc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
torc	thorc	torc pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Verb

torc

1. inflection of toarce:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

1. boar

Derived terms

• torc allaidh
• torc fiadhaich

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
torc	thorc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language