trócar
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *trougokaros, from *trougos (“wretched”) + *-karos (“loving”). Compare Welsh trugar.
/-k-/ is the phonologically regular outcome of earlier /-ɣx-/, from -gok- by lenition of intervocalic consonants followed by syncope of the unstressed vowel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]trócar
Inflection
[edit]| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | trócar | trócar | trócar |
| Vocative | trócair* trócar** | ||
| Accusative | trócar | trócair | |
| Genitive | trócair | trócaire | trócair |
| Dative | trócar | trócair | trócar |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | trócair | trócara | |
| Vocative | trócaru trócara† | ||
| Accusative | trócaru trócara† | ||
| Genitive | trócar | ||
| Dative | trócaraib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| trócar | thrócar | trócar 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trócar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language