trócar

See also: trocar and troçar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trougokaros, from *trougos (“wretched”) +‎ *-karos (“loving”). Compare Welsh trugar.

Adjective

trócar

1. merciful

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	trócar	trócar	trócar
Vocative	trócair* trócar**
Accusative	trócar	trócair
Genitive	trócair	trócaire	trócair
Dative	trócar	trócair	trócar
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	trócair	trócara
Vocative	trócaru trócara†
Accusative	trócaru trócara†
Genitive	trócar
Dative	trócaraib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• trócaire

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
trócar	thrócar	trócar 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), “trócar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language