# torrach
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* tarrach (Ulster)

### Etymology

From Old Irish torrach, from *torr- (“belly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠ(a)x/ (corresponding to the form tarrach)

### Adjective

torrach (genitive singular masculine torraigh, genitive singular feminine torraí, plural torracha, not comparable)
* pregnant

#### Declension

| | Singular | Singular | Plural (m/f) | Plural (m/f) |
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | torrach | thorrach | torracha; thorracha² | torracha; thorracha² |
| Vocative | thorraigh | thorrach | torracha | torracha |
| Genitive | thorraigh | torraí | torracha | torrach |
| Dative | torrach; thorrach¹ | thorrach; thorraigh (archaic) | torracha; thorracha² | torracha; thorracha² |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | (not comparable) | (not comparable) | (not comparable) |
| Superlative | (not comparable) | (not comparable) | (not comparable) | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. ² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Synonyms

* ag iompar clainne

### References

* ↑ “torrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *torrākos (compare Welsh torrog), from *torr- (“belly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtor͈ax]

### Adjective

torrach
* pregnant

#### Declension

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | torrach | torrach | torrach |
| Vocative | torraig* torrach** | torrach | torrach |
| Accusative | torrach | torraig | torrach |
| Genitive | torraig | torraige | torraig |
| Dative | torrach | torraig | torrach |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | torraig | torracha | torracha |
| Vocative | torrachu torracha† | torracha | torracha |
| Accusative | torrachu torracha† | torracha | torracha |
| Genitive | torrach | torrach | torrach |
| Dative | torrachaib | torrachaib | torrachaib |
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized |

#### Synonyms

* alacht
* combrit
* toirrchesach

#### Descendants

* Irish: torrach
* Manx: torragh
* Scottish Gaelic: torrach

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

### Further reading

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* torach

### Etymology

From Old Irish torrach, from Proto-Celtic *torrākos, from *torr- (“belly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰɔrˠəx/

### Adjective

torrach
* fecund, fertile, prolific
* pregnant

#### Synonyms

* (pregnant): trom

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “fertile”): mì-thorrach

#### Related terms

* torraich
* torrachadh
* torrachas

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385