torrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• tarrach (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish torrach, from *torr- (“belly”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠ(a)x/ (corresponding to the form tarrach)

Adjective

torrach (genitive singular masculine torraigh, genitive singular feminine torraí, plural torracha, not comparable)

1. pregnant

Declension

Declension of torrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	torrach	thorrach	torracha; thorracha²
Vocative	thorraigh		torracha
Genitive		torraí	torracha	torrach
Dative	torrach; thorrach¹	thorrach; thorraigh (archaic)	torracha; thorracha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• ag iompar clainne

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
torrach	thorrach	dtorrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *torrākos (compare Welsh torrog), from *torr- (“belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtor͈ax]

Adjective

torrach

1. pregnant

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torrach	torrach	torrach
Vocative	torraig* torrach**
Accusative	torrach	torraig
Genitive	torraig	torraige	torraig
Dative	torrach	torraig	torrach
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	torraig	torracha
Vocative	torrachu torracha†
Accusative	torrachu torracha†
Genitive	torrach
Dative	torrachaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Synonyms

• alacht
• combrit
• toirrchesach

Descendants

• Irish: torrach
• Manx: torragh
• Scottish Gaelic: torrach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
torrach	thorrach	torrach pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “torrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• torach

Etymology

From Old Irish torrach, from Proto-Celtic *torrākos, from *torr- (“belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔrˠəx/

Adjective

torrach

1. fecund, fertile, prolific
2. pregnant

Synonyms

• (pregnant): trom

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fertile”): mì-thorrach

Related terms

• torraich
• torrachadh
• torrachas

Mutation

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