turscar
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish turscar,[2] a derivative of do·scara (“to knock down, drop”) (see treascair).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
turscar m (genitive singular turscair)
- seawrack (masses of seaweed on the shore)
- detritus, refuse (items or material that have been discarded)
- (computing) spam (unsolicited bulk electronic messages)
- (literary) trappings, belongings
Declension edit
Declension of turscar
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| turscar | thurscar | dturscar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ “turscar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “turscur, tascar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 614
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “troscar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 759
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “turscar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN