terc

See also: terč and terç

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Terz, from Italian terza, from Latin tertia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɛrt͡s

Noun

terc (plural tercek)

1. (music) third (an interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale)

   Coordinate terms: prím, szekund, kvart, kvint, szext, szeptim, oktáv

2. (card games) tierce (a sequence of three playing cards of the same suit)
3. (fencing) tierce (the third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	terc	tercek
accusative	tercet	terceket
dative	tercnek	terceknek
instrumental	terccel	tercekkel
causal-final	tercért	tercekért
translative	terccé	tercekké
terminative	tercig	tercekig
essive-formal	tercként	tercekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tercben	tercekben
superessive	tercen	terceken
adessive	tercnél	terceknél
illative	tercbe	tercekbe
sublative	tercre	tercekre
allative	terchez	tercekhez
elative	tercből	tercekből
delative	tercről	tercekről
ablative	terctől	tercektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	tercé	terceké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tercéi	tercekéi

Possessive forms of terc

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tercem	terceim
2nd person sing.	terced	terceid
3rd person sing.	terce	tercei
1st person plural	tercünk	terceink
2nd person plural	tercetek	terceitek
3rd person plural	tercük	terceik

Derived terms

• tercel
• tercnyi

Compound words

• kisterc
• nagyterc
• tercállás

Related terms

• tercett

Further reading

• terc in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

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Adjective

terc m pl

1. plural of terz

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *terskos, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̠ʲeɾk/

Adjective

terc

1. few
2. scarce
3. sparse

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	terc	terc	terc
vocative	teirc* terc**
accusative	terc	teirc
genitive	teirc	teirce	teirc
dative	terc	teirc	terc
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	teirc	terca
vocative	tercu terca†
accusative	tercu terca†
genitive	terc
dative	tercaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: tearc
• Manx: tiark
• Scottish Gaelic: tearc

Mutation

Mutation of terc

radical	lenition	nasalization
terc	therc	terc pronounced with /d̪̠ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “terc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language