toircheas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish toirrches.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔːɾˠhisˠ/

Noun

toircheas m (genitive singular toirchis, nominative plural toirchis)

1. pregnancy

Declension

Declension of toircheas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative toircheas toirchis Vocative a thoirchis a thoircheasa Genitive toirchis toircheas Dative toircheas toirchis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an toircheas na toirchis Genitive an toirchis na dtoircheas Dative leis an toircheas don toircheas leis na toirchis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toircheas	thoircheas	dtoircheas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “toircheas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toirrches”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toirċeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 741
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toircheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN