tunc

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See also: tunç and Tunç

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic тунҹ
Abjad تونج

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish tunç.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tunc (definite accusative tuncu, plural tunclar)

  1. bronze

Declension

    Declension of tunc
singular plural
nominative tunc
 tunclar
definite accusative tuncu
 tuncları
dative tunca
 tunclara
locative tuncda
 tunclarda
ablative tuncdan
 tunclardan
definite genitive tuncun
 tuncların
    Possessive forms of tunc
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tuncum tunclarım
sənin (“your”) tuncun tuncların
onun (“his/her/its”) tuncu tuncları
bizim (“our”) tuncumuz tunclarımız
sizin (“your”) tuncunuz tunclarınız
onların (“their”) tuncu or tuncları tuncları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tuncumu tunclarımı
sənin (“your”) tuncunu tunclarını
onun (“his/her/its”) tuncunu tunclarını
bizim (“our”) tuncumuzu tunclarımızı
sizin (“your”) tuncunuzu tunclarınızı
onların (“their”) tuncunu or tunclarını tunclarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tuncuma tunclarıma
sənin (“your”) tuncuna tunclarına
onun (“his/her/its”) tuncuna tunclarına
bizim (“our”) tuncumuza tunclarımıza
sizin (“your”) tuncunuza tunclarınıza
onların (“their”) tuncuna or tunclarına tunclarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tuncumda tunclarımda
sənin (“your”) tuncunda tunclarında
onun (“his/her/its”) tuncunda tunclarında
bizim (“our”) tuncumuzda tunclarımızda
sizin (“your”) tuncunuzda tunclarınızda
onların (“their”) tuncunda or tunclarında tunclarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tuncumdan tunclarımdan
sənin (“your”) tuncundan tunclarından
onun (“his/her/its”) tuncundan tunclarından
bizim (“our”) tuncumuzdan tunclarımızdan
sizin (“your”) tuncunuzdan tunclarınızdan
onların (“their”) tuncundan or tunclarından tunclarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tuncumun tunclarımın
sənin (“your”) tuncunun tunclarının
onun (“his/her/its”) tuncunun tunclarının
bizim (“our”) tuncumuzun tunclarımızın
sizin (“your”) tuncunuzun tunclarınızın
onların (“their”) tuncunun or tunclarının tunclarının

Further reading

  • “tunc” in Obastan.com.

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *tunce, from tum +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tunc (not comparable)

  1. then, in its senses as
    1. at that time
      Synonym: tum
    2. (New Latin) therefore
      • 1826, w:Stanislas Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:
        Ejus stylus, tunc historicus. Confucius aiebat: Haec aequitas: tunc ego Khieou privatim sumpsi illam.
        Its style is then historical. Confucius said: These judgments, then, I undertook them privately, Qiu.
  2. from then on: from that time, thereupon, afterwards

Derived terms

Related terms

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite universal free choice negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quisque quīvis, quīlibet quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter uterque utervīs, uterlibet neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubīque ubivīs, ubilibet usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde undique °undelibet aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāque quāvīs, quālibet nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō utique quōmodolibet ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōque quandōlibet umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

(See also dunc, *in tunc, *tunce.)

  • Lombard: tonca, tunc
  • Old Venetian: tonca
  • → Interlingua: tunc

References

Further reading

  • “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tunc in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tunc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
  • tunc in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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