trópaic

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin tropicus (“tropical”, literally “of or pertaining to the solstice”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a turn”).

Noun

trópaic f (genitive singular trópaice, nominative plural trópaicí)

1. tropic

Declension

Declension of trópaic

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative trópaic trópaicí Vocative a thrópaic a thrópaicí Genitive trópaice trópaicí Dative trópaic trópaicí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an trópaic na trópaicí Genitive na trópaice na dtrópaicí Dative leis an trópaic don trópaic leis na trópaicí

Derived terms

• Trópaic an Ghabhair (“the Tropic of Capricorn”)
• Trópaic an Phortáin (“the Tropic of Cancer”)
• trópaiceach (“tropical”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
trópaic	thrópaic	dtrópaic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trópaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN