trócaire

See also: tròcaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish trócaire, from trócar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠoːkəɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɾˠɔːkəɾʲə/

Noun

trócaire f (genitive singular trócaire)

1. mercy, pity, compassion
2. clemency, leniency, quarter

Declension

Declension of trócaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative trócaire Vocative a thrócaire Genitive trócaire Dative trócaire

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an trócaire Genitive na trócaire Dative leis an trócaire don trócaire

Derived terms

• trócaireach
  • éadrócaireach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
trócaire	thrócaire	dtrócaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “trócaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “trócaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 757
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trócaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From trócar +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtroːkɨrʲe]

Noun

trócaire f (genitive trócaire, no plural)

1. mercy
   • 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. 111^c13

     Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.

     He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	trócaireL	—	—
Vocative	trócaireL	—	—
Accusative	trócairiN	—	—
Genitive	trócaire	—	—
Dative	trócairiL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: trócaire
• Manx: trocair
• Scottish Gaelic: tròcair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
trócaire	thrócaire	trócaire pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trócaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language