Tuirc

See also: tuirc

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos).

Proper noun

An Tuirc f (genitive na Tuirce)

1. Turkey

Declension

Declension of Tuirc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Tuirc Vocative a Thuirc Genitive Tuirce Dative Tuirc

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Tuirc Genitive na Tuirce Dative leis an Tuirc don Tuirc

Derived terms

• Tuircis f (“the Turkish language”)
• Turcach (“Turkish”, adjective)
• Turcach m (“Turk”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Tuirc	Thuirc	dTuirc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Turkey”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Tuirc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm