tóracsach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tóracs (“thorax”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]tóracsach (genitive singular masculine tóracsaigh, genitive singular feminine tóracsaí, plural tóracsacha, not comparable)
- (anatomy) thoracic
- Synonym: cliabhraigh
Declension
[edit]Declension of tóracsach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tóracsach | thóracsach | tóracsacha; thóracsacha² | |
| Vocative | thóracsaigh | tóracsacha | ||
| Genitive | tóracsaí | tóracsacha | tóracsach | |
| Dative | tóracsach; thóracsach¹ |
thóracsach; thóracsaigh (archaic) |
tóracsacha; thóracsacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tóracsaí | |||
| Superlative | is tóracsaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- aorta tóracsach (“thoracic aorta”)
- veirteabra thóracsach (“thoracic vertebra”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tóracsach | thóracsach | dtóracsach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóracsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tóracsach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tóracsach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024