torc

See also: torç

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Homophones: torq, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

Alternative spelling of torque (necklace)

Anagrams

Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, ctor

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

torc¹

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

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

wild boar (Sus scrofa)
portly, corpulent, person; man of substance

Derived terms

torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

Etymology 2

torc²

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:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	torc	toirc
Vocative	a thoirc	a thorca
Genitive	toirc	torc
Dative	torc	toirc

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an torc	na toirc
Genitive	an toirc	na dtorc
Dative	leis an torc don torc	leis na toirc

Mutation

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

"torc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 torc (‘boar’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“3 torc (‘collar, torque’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tork/

Etymology 1

torc¹

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

Noun

torc m

boar
chieftain, hero

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

torcda

Descendants

Irish: torc
Irish: torc

Etymology 2

torc²

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

torque (necklace)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Irish: torc

Mutation

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

“1 torc (‘boar’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“3 torc (‘collar, torque’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Romanian

Verb

torc

first-person singular present indicative of toarce.
first-person singular present subjunctive of toarce.
third-person plural present indicative of toarce.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

boar

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
torc	thorc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 torc (‘boar’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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