tóracs

Irish

Etymology

From Latin thōrax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Noun

tóracs m (genitive singular tóracs, nominative plural tóracsanna)

1. (anatomy) thorax

   Synonym: (familiar) cliabhrach

Declension

Declension of tóracs (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tóracs tóracsanna vocative a thóracs a thóracsanna genitive tóracs tóracsanna dative tóracs tóracsanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tóracs na tóracsanna genitive an tóracs na dtóracsanna dative leis an tóracs don tóracs leis na tóracsanna

Derived terms

• cardatóracsach
• tóracsach
• trastóracsach

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of tóracs

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tóracs	thóracs	dtóracs

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóracs”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tóracs”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tóracs”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024