Tuirc
See also: tuirc
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos).
Proper noun edit
An Tuirc f (genitive na Tuirce)
- Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)
Declension edit
Declension of Tuirc
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Tuirc | Thuirc | dTuirc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “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.