tochmarc
Old Irish
editEtymology
editto- + com- + the stem of Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittochmarc n
- wooing, courting (romantically or for marriage)
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 127d3
- .i. mug luide húa Abracham do thochmurc Rebicae do Ísác
- i.e. the servant of Abraham who went to woo Rebecca for Isaac
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 127d3
Usage notes
editAs a quasi-verbal noun, genitive modifiers always refer to whoever was wooed or courted. For example, Tochmarc Emire ("the Wooing of Emer") refers to Emer being courted by Cú Chulainn, not Emer courting Cú Chulainn herself.
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | tochmarcN | tochmarcN | tochmarcL, tochmarca |
Vocative | tochmarcN | tochmarcN | tochmarcL, tochmarca |
Accusative | tochmarcN | tochmarcN | tochmarcL, tochmarca |
Genitive | tochmaircL | tochmarc | tochmarcN |
Dative | tochmurcL | tochmarcaib | tochmarcaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Irish: tochmharc (“story of courtship”)
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tochmarc | thochmarc | tochmarc pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tochmarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-
- Old Irish terms prefixed with to-
- Old Irish terms prefixed with com-
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish terms with quotations
- Old Irish neuter o-stem nouns