tunc

See also: tunç and Tunç

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тунҹ
Perso-Arabic		تونج‎

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish tunç.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tunc (definite accusative tuncu, plural tunclar)

1. bronze

Declension

Declension of tunc
	singular	plural
nominative	tunc	tunclar
definite accusative	tuncu	tuncları
dative	tunca	tunclara
locative	tuncda	tunclarda
ablative	tuncdan	tunclardan
definite genitive	tuncun	tuncların

Possessive forms of tunc
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncum	tunclarım
sənin (“your”)	tuncun	tuncların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncu	tuncları
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuz	tunclarımız
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuz	tunclarınız
onların (“their”)	tuncu or tuncları	tuncları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumu	tunclarımı
sənin (“your”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzu	tunclarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzu	tunclarınızı
onların (“their”)	tuncunu or tunclarını	tunclarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncuma	tunclarıma
sənin (“your”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuza	tunclarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuza	tunclarınıza
onların (“their”)	tuncuna or tunclarına	tunclarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumda	tunclarımda
sənin (“your”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzda	tunclarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzda	tunclarınızda
onların (“their”)	tuncunda or tunclarında	tunclarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumdan	tunclarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzdan	tunclarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzdan	tunclarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tuncundan or tunclarından	tunclarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumun	tunclarımın
sənin (“your”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzun	tunclarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzun	tunclarınızın
onların (“their”)	tuncunun or tunclarının	tunclarının

Further reading

• “tunc” in Obastan.com.

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *tunce, from tum +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tunk/, [t̪ʊŋk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tunk/, [t̪uŋk]

Adverb

tunc (not comparable)

1. then, in its senses as
   1. at that time

      Synonym: tum

   2. (New Latin) therefore
      • 1826, w:Stanislas Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:

        Ejus stylus, tunc historicus. Confucius aiebat: Haec aequitas: tunc ego Khieou privatim sumpsi illam.

        Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals'] style is then historical. Confucius said: These judgments, then, I undertook them privately, Qiu.

2. from then on: from that time, thereupon, afterwards

Derived terms

• dunc
• *in tunc

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite			negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quispiam	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alter, alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter, uterque		neuter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, ubīque, uspiam	usquam	nusquam	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde, undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōquam		aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā, quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
exact time	hac hōra	ista hōra	illa hōra	ea hōra	eadem hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra				altera/alia hōra
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

(See also dunc, *in tunc, *tunce.)

• Lombard: tonca, tunc
• Old Venetian: tonca
• → Interlingua: tunc

References

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “entonces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “tŭnc”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 683

Further reading

• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tunc in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tunc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
    
• tunc in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016