trosc

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɔsˠk/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish trosc, borrowed from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.

Noun

trosc m (genitive singular troisc, nominative plural troisc)

cod (marine fish of the family Gadidae)

Declension

Declension of trosc (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	trosc	troisc
vocative	a throisc	a throsca
genitive	troisc	trosc
dative	trosc	troisc

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an trosc	na troisc
genitive	an troisc	na dtrosc
dative	leis an trosc don trosc	leis na troisc

Derived terms

bráite trosc (“cod-bank”)
ola troisc (“cod-liver-oil”)

Etymology 2

Verb

trosc (present analytic troscann, future analytic troscfaidh, verbal noun troscadh, past participle trosctha)

alternative form of troisc (“to fast, abstain”)

Conjugation

conjugation of trosc (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	troscadh
past participle	trosctha
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	troscaim	troscann tú; troscair^†	troscann sé, sí	troscaimid	troscann sibh	troscann siad; troscaid^†	a throscann; a throscas / a dtroscann*	trosctar
past	throsc mé; throscas	throsc tú; throscais	throsc sé, sí	throscamar; throsc muid	throsc sibh; throscabhair	throsc siad; throscadar	a throsc / ar throsc*	troscadh
past habitual	throscainn / dtroscainn‡‡	throsctá / dtrosctá‡‡	throscadh sé, sí / dtroscadh sé, sí‡‡	throscaimis; throscadh muid / dtroscaimis‡‡; dtroscadh muid‡‡	throscadh sibh / dtroscadh sibh‡‡	throscaidís; throscadh siad / dtroscaidís‡‡; dtroscadh siad‡‡	a throscadh / a dtroscadh*	throsctaí / dtrosctaí‡‡
future	troscfaidh mé; troscfad	troscfaidh tú; troscfair^†	troscfaidh sé, sí	troscfaimid; troscfaidh muid	troscfaidh sibh	troscfaidh siad; troscfaid^†	a throscfaidh; a throscfas / a dtroscfaidh*	troscfar
conditional	throscfainn / dtroscfainn‡‡	throscfá / dtroscfá‡‡	throscfadh sé, sí / dtroscfadh sé, sí‡‡	throscfaimis; throscfadh muid / dtroscfaimis‡‡; dtroscfadh muid‡‡	throscfadh sibh / dtroscfadh sibh‡‡	throscfaidís; throscfadh siad / dtroscfaidís‡‡; dtroscfadh siad‡‡	a throscfadh / a dtroscfadh*	throscfaí / dtroscfaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go dtrosca mé; go dtroscad^†	go dtrosca tú; go dtroscair^†	go dtrosca sé, sí	go dtroscaimid; go dtrosca muid	go dtrosca sibh	go dtrosca siad; go dtroscaid^†	—	go dtrosctar
past	dá dtroscainn	dá dtrosctá	dá dtroscadh sé, sí	dá dtroscaimis; dá dtroscadh muid	dá dtroscadh sibh	dá dtroscaidís; dá dtroscadh siad	—	dá dtrosctaí
imperative
–	troscaim	trosc	troscadh sé, sí	troscaimis	troscaigí; troscaidh^†	troscaidís	—	trosctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *trosc*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
trosc	throsc	dtrosc

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) “trosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 trosc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “trosc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“trosc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

trosc

thump