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]| 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 | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
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