tunc

See also: tunç and Tunç

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тунҹ
Perso-Arabic		تونج‎

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish tunç.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tunc (definite accusative tuncu, plural tunclar)

1. bronze

Declension

Declension of tunc
	singular	plural
nominative	tunc	tunclar
definite accusative	tuncu	tuncları
dative	tunca	tunclara
locative	tuncda	tunclarda
ablative	tuncdan	tunclardan
definite genitive	tuncun	tuncların

Possessive forms of tunc
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncum	tunclarım
sənin (“your”)	tuncun	tuncların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncu	tuncları
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuz	tunclarımız
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuz	tunclarınız
onların (“their”)	tuncu or tuncları	tuncları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumu	tunclarımı
sənin (“your”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzu	tunclarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzu	tunclarınızı
onların (“their”)	tuncunu or tunclarını	tunclarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncuma	tunclarıma
sənin (“your”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuza	tunclarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuza	tunclarınıza
onların (“their”)	tuncuna or tunclarına	tunclarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumda	tunclarımda
sənin (“your”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzda	tunclarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzda	tunclarınızda
onların (“their”)	tuncunda or tunclarında	tunclarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumdan	tunclarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzdan	tunclarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzdan	tunclarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tuncundan or tunclarından	tunclarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumun	tunclarımın
sənin (“your”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzun	tunclarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzun	tunclarınızın
onların (“their”)	tuncunun or tunclarının	tunclarının

Further reading

• “tunc” in Obastan.com.

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *tunce, from tum +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tunk/, [t̪ʊŋk]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tunk/, [t̪uŋk]

Adverb

tunc (not comparable)

1. then, in its senses as
   1. at that time

      Synonym: tum

   2. (New Latin) therefore
      • 1826, w:Stanislas Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:

        Ejus stylus, tunc historicus. Confucius aiebat: Haec aequitas: tunc ego Khieou privatim sumpsi illam.

        Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals'] style is then historical. Confucius said: These judgments, then, I undertook them privately, Qiu.

2. from then on: from that time, thereupon, afterwards

Derived terms

• dunc
• *in tunc

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

(See also dunc, *in tunc, *tunce.)

• Lombard: tonca, tunc
• Old Venetian: tonca
• → Interlingua: tunc

References

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “entonces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “tŭnc”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 683

Further reading

• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tunc in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tunc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
    
• tunc in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016