torrach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish torrach, from *torr- (“belly”).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

torrach (genitive singular masculine torraigh, genitive singular feminine torraí, plural torracha, not comparable)

  1. pregnant

Declension

Declension of torrach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative torrach thorrach torracha;
thorracha²
Vocative thorraigh torracha
Genitive torraí torracha torrach
Dative torrach;
thorrach¹ 		thorrach;
thorraigh (archaic) 		torracha;
thorracha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
torrach thorrach dtorrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “torrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *torrākos (compare Welsh torrog), from *torr- (“belly”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

torrach

  1. pregnant

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative torrach torrach torrach
Vocative torraig*
torrach**
Accusative torrach torraig
Genitive torraig torraige torraig
Dative torrach torraig torrach
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative torraig torracha
Vocative torrachu
torracha†
Accusative torrachu
torracha†
Genitive torrach
Dative torrachaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Irish: torrach
  • Manx: torragh
  • Scottish Gaelic: torrach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
torrach thorrach torrach
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish torrach, from Proto-Celtic *torrākos, from *torr- (“belly”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

torrach

  1. fecund, fertile, prolific
  2. pregnant

Synonyms

Antonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
torrach thorrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
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