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terc

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See also: terč and terç

Hungarian

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 terc on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From German Terz, from Italian terza, from Latin tertia.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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terc (plural tercek)

  1. (music) third (an interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale)
    Coordinate terms: prím, szekund, kvart, kvint, szext, szeptim, oktáv
  2. (card games) tierce (a sequence of three playing cards of the same suit)
  3. (fencing) tierce (the third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative terc tercek
accusative tercet terceket
dative tercnek terceknek
instrumental terccel tercekkel
causal-final tercért tercekért
translative terccé tercekké
terminative tercig tercekig
essive-formal tercként tercekként
essive-modal
inessive tercben tercekben
superessive tercen terceken
adessive tercnél terceknél
illative tercbe tercekbe
sublative tercre tercekre
allative terchez tercekhez
elative tercből tercekből
delative tercről tercekről
ablative terctől tercektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tercé terceké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tercéi tercekéi
Possessive forms of terc
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tercem terceim
2nd person sing. terced terceid
3rd person sing. terce tercei
1st person plural tercünk terceink
2nd person plural tercetek terceitek
3rd person plural tercük terceik

Derived terms

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Compound words
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References

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  1. ^ terc in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • terc in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ladin

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Adjective

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terc m pl

  1. plural of terz

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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terc

  1. few
  2. scarce
  3. sparse

Inflection

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o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative terc terc terc
Vocative teirc*
terc**
Accusative terc teirc
Genitive teirc teirce teirc
Dative terc teirc terc
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative teirc terca
Vocative tercu
terca
Accusative tercu
terca
Genitive terc
Dative tercaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Irish: tearc

Mutation

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Mutation of terc
radical lenition nasalization
terc therc terc
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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