tóracsach

Irish

Etymology

From tóracs (“thorax”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

tóracsach (genitive singular masculine tóracsaigh, genitive singular feminine tóracsaí, plural tóracsacha, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) thoracic
    Synonym: cliabhraigh

Declension

Declension of tóracsach
Positive singular plural
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

  • aorta tóracsach (“thoracic aorta”)
  • veirteabra thóracsach (“thoracic vertebra”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tóracsach
radical lenition eclipsis
tóracsach thóracsach dtóracsach

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

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