tóracsach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From tóracs (“thorax”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
tóracsach (genitive singular masculine tóracsaigh, genitive singular feminine tóracsaí, plural tóracsacha, not comparable)
- (anatomy) thoracic
- Synonym: cliabhraigh
Declension edit
Declension of tóracsach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tóracsach | thóracsach | tóracsacha; thóracsacha² | |
Vocative | thóracsaigh | tóracsacha | ||
Genitive | tóracsaí | tóracsacha | tóracsach | |
Dative | tóracsach; thóracsach¹ |
thóracsach; thóracsaigh (archaic) |
tóracsacha; thóracsacha² | |
Comparative | níos tóracsaí | |||
Superlative | is tóracsaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- aorta tóracsach (“thoracic aorta”)
- veirteabra thóracsach (“thoracic vertebra”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tóracsach | thóracsach | dtóracsach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóracsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tóracsach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tóracsach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024