terc
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Hungarian
Etymology
From German Terz, from Italian terza, from Latin tertia.
Pronunciation
Noun
terc (plural tercek)
- (music) third (an interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale)
- (card games) tierce (a sequence of three playing cards of the same suit)
- (fencing) tierce (the third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height)
Declension
| 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
Compound words
Related terms
References
- ^ terc in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- 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
Adjective
terc m pl
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
terc
Inflection
| 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 | ||
Descendants
- Irish: tearc
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| terc | therc | terc pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||