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Irish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos).
Proper noun
An Tuirc f (genitive na Tuirce)
- Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Tuirc
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Thuirc
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dTuirc
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “Turkey”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “Tuirc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.