torc

See also: torç

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

1. Alternative spelling of torque (necklace)

Anagrams

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

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/
• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌɾˠk/

Etymology 1

torc¹

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

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

Derived terms

• torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
• torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
• torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

Etymology 2

torc²

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. torque (braided necklace or collar)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (physics) torque

Declension

Declension of torc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative torc toirc Vocative a thoirc a thorca Genitive toirc torc Dative torc toirc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an torc na toirc Genitive an toirc na dtorc Dative leis an torc don torc leis na toirc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
torc	thorc	dtorc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tork/

Etymology 1

torc¹

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

Noun

torc m

1. boar
2. chieftain, hero

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• torcda

Descendants

• Irish: torc
• Irish: torc

Etymology 2

torc²

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

1. torque (necklace)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: torc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
torc	thorc	torc pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
• 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

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Romanian

Verb

torc

1. first-person singular present indicative of toarce
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of toarce
3. third-person plural present indicative of toarce

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

1. boar

Derived terms

• torc allaidh
• torc fiadhaich

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
torc	thorc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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