tochmharc

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish tochmarc.

Noun

tochmharc m (genitive singular tochmhairc, nominative plural tochmhairc) (literary)

1. (act of) wooing
2. (story of) courtship

Declension

Declension of tochmhairc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tochmhairc tochmhairc vocative a thochmhairc a thochmhairca genitive tochmhairc tochmhairc dative tochmhairc tochmhairc forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tochmhairc na tochmhairc genitive an tochmhairc na dtochmhairc dative leis an tochmhairc don tochmhairc leis na tochmhairc

• Alternative plural forms: tochmharca, tochmhairce

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “toċṁarc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tochmharc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN