torc

See also: T or C and torç

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: torq, torque; talk (non-rhotic)

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

2. Alternative spelling of torque (“necklace”).

Anagrams

• -cort, -cort-, COTR, Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, cort-, ctor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• torcu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

Verb

torc (third-person singular tortsi, participle torse)

1. to spin (yarn)

Related terms

• turtseri
• tors
• stãcor
• turte

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/

Etymology 1

torc

From Old Irish torc (“boar”), from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)
2. portly, corpulent, person; man of substance

   Synonym: torclach

Derived terms

• toirceoil f (“boar meat, brawn”)
• torc na bhfaithní m (“warthog”)
• torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
• torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
• torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

Etymology 2

torc²

From Old Irish torc, from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (historical) torque (a tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English torque, from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (physics, mechanics) torque (a rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy))

Declension

Declension of torc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative torc toirc vocative a thoirc a thorca genitive toirc torc dative torc toirc forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an torc na toirc genitive an toirc na dtorc dative leis an torc don torc leis na toirc

Mutation

Mutated forms of torc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
torc	thorc	dtorc

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “torc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪oɾk/

Etymology 1

torc¹

From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”) (compare Welsh twrch).

Noun

torc m

1. boar
2. chieftain, hero

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	torc	torcL	tuircL
vocative	tuirc	torcL	turcuH
accusative	torcN	torcL	turcuH
genitive	tuircL	torc	torcN
dative	turcL	torcaib	torcaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• torcda

Descendants

• Irish: torc
• Scottish Gaelic: torc

Etymology 2

torc²

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

1. (historical) torque (a tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	torc	torcL	tuircL
vocative	tuirc	torcL	turcuH
accusative	torcN	torcL	turcuH
genitive	tuircL	torc	torcN
dative	turcL	torcaib	torcaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: torc

Mutation

Mutation of torc

radical	lenition	nasalization
torc	thorc	torc pronounced with /d̪-/

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), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Verb

torc

1. inflection of toarce:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish torc, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, nominative plural tuirc)

1. boar

Derived terms

• torc allaidh
• torc fiadhaich

Mutation

Mutation of torc

radical	lenition
torc	thorc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language