torc

See also torç

English

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

1. Alternative spelling of torque. ("necklace")

Anagrams

• ctor, ROTC

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Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

torc m (genitive toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (jewelry) torque

Etymology 3

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

Noun

torc m (genitive 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.

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

torc m

1. boar
2. chieftain, hero

Derived terms

• torcda

Descendants

• Irish: torc
• Scottish Gaelic: torc

Etymology 2

From Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

1. torc

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.

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Romanian

Verb

torc

1. first-person singular present tense form of toarce.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of toarce.
3. third-person plural present tense form of toarce.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

torc m (genitive and plural tuirc)

1. boar

Derived terms

• torc allaidh
• torc fiadhaich