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)

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 first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative tortsi, past participle torse)

to spin (yarn)

Related terms

turtseri
tors
stãcor
turte

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌɾˠk/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

wild boar (Sus scrofa)
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

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

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)

(physics) torque

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.

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tork/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

torc m

boar
chieftain, hero

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	torc	torc^L	tuirc^L
vocative	tuirc	torc^L	turcu^H
accusative	torc^N	torc^L	turcu^H
genitive	tuirc^L	torc	torc^N
dative	turc^L	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

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

torque (necklace)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	torc	torc^L	tuirc^L
vocative	tuirc	torc^L	turcu^H
accusative	torc^N	torc^L	turcu^H
genitive	tuirc^L	torc	torc^N
dative	turc^L	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 /d-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
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
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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

boar

Derived terms

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