tochmarc
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
to- + com- + the stem of Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tochmarc 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 edit
As 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 edit
Neuter 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 edit
Descendants edit
- Irish: tochmharc (“story of courtship”)
Mutation edit
Old 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tochmarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language