torc

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See also: T or C and torç

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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torc (plural torcs)

  1. Alternative spelling of torque (necklace)

Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

Verb

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

  1. to spin (yarn)
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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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torc¹

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

Noun

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torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

  1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)
  2. portly, corpulent, person; man of substance
    Synonym: torclach
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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torc²

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

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torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

  1. torque (braided necklace or collar)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

  1. (physics) torque

Declension

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Mutation

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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

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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torc¹

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

Noun

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torc m

  1. boar
  2. chieftain, hero
Inflection
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative torc torcL tuircL
Vocative tuirc torcL turcuH
Accusative torcN torcL turcuH
Genitive tuircL torc torcN
Dative turcL torcaib torcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Irish: torc
  • Scottish Gaelic: torc

Etymology 2

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torc²

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

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torc m

  1. torque (necklace)
Inflection
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative torc torcL tuircL
Vocative tuirc torcL turcuH
Accusative torcN torcL turcuH
Genitive tuircL torc torcN
Dative turcL torcaib torcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
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Mutation

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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

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Romanian

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Verb

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torc

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

  1. boar

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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