tunc

See also: tunç and Tunç

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тунҹ
Abjad		تونج

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish tunç.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tunc (definite accusative tuncu, plural tunclar)

1. bronze

Declension

Declension of tunc
	singular	plural
nominative	tunc	tunclar
definite accusative	tuncu	tuncları
dative	tunca	tunclara
locative	tuncda	tunclarda
ablative	tuncdan	tunclardan
definite genitive	tuncun	tuncların

Possessive forms of tunc
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncum	tunclarım
sənin (“your”)	tuncun	tuncların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncu	tuncları
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuz	tunclarımız
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuz	tunclarınız
onların (“their”)	tuncu or tuncları	tuncları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumu	tunclarımı
sənin (“your”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzu	tunclarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzu	tunclarınızı
onların (“their”)	tuncunu or tunclarını	tunclarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncuma	tunclarıma
sənin (“your”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuza	tunclarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuza	tunclarınıza
onların (“their”)	tuncuna or tunclarına	tunclarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumda	tunclarımda
sənin (“your”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzda	tunclarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzda	tunclarınızda
onların (“their”)	tuncunda or tunclarında	tunclarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumdan	tunclarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzdan	tunclarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzdan	tunclarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tuncundan or tunclarından	tunclarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumun	tunclarımın
sənin (“your”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzun	tunclarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzun	tunclarınızın
onların (“their”)	tuncunun or tunclarının	tunclarının

Further reading

• “tunc” in Obastan.com.

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *tunce, from tum +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tunk/, [t̪ʊŋk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tunk/, [t̪uŋk]

Adverb

tunc (not comparable)

1. then, in its senses as
   1. at that time

      Synonym: tum

   2. (New Latin) therefore
      • 1826, w:Stanislas Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:

        Ejus stylus, tunc historicus. Confucius aiebat: Haec aequitas: tunc ego Khieou privatim sumpsi illam.

        Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals'] style is then historical. Confucius said: These judgments, then, I undertook them privately, Qiu.

2. from then on: from that time, thereupon, afterwards

Derived terms

• dunc
• *in tunc

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	universal	free choice	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quisque	quīvis, quīlibet	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	uterque	utervīs, uterlibet		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubīque	ubivīs, ubilibet	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	undique	°undelibet			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum		quōvīs, quōlibet	quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāque	quāvīs, quālibet		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	utique	quōmodolibet	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōque	quandōlibet	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam		quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus		quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis		quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot		quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus		quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns		quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

(See also dunc, *in tunc, *tunce.)

• Lombard: tonca, tunc
• Old Venetian: tonca
• → Interlingua: tunc

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “entonces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “tŭnc”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 683

Further reading

• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tunc in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tunc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
    
• tunc in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016