# torc
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)k/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
* Homophones: torq, torque; talk (non-rhotic)

### Noun

torc (plural torcs)
* Alternative spelling of torque (“necklace”)

### Anagrams

* -cort, -cort-, COTR, Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, cort-, ctor

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* torcu

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

### Verb

torc first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative tortsi, past participle torse)
* to spin (yarn)

#### Related terms

* turtseri
* tors
* stãcor
* turte

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠʌɾˠk/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).

#### Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)
* wild boar (Sus scrofa)
* portly, corpulent, person; man of substance
    Synonym: torclach

##### Derived terms

* toirceoil f (“boar meat, brawn”)
* torc na bhfaithní m (“warthog”)
* torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
* torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
* torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

#### Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)
* torque (braided necklace or collar)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English torque, from Latin torqueō (“I twist”).

#### Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)
* (physics) torque

### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
torc
toirc
vocative
a thoirc
a thorca
genitive
toirc
torc
dative
torc
toirc
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an torc
na toirc
genitive
an toirc
na dtorc
dative
leis an torc don torc
leis na toirc :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “torc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tork/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”) (compare Welsh twrch).

#### Noun

torc m
* boar
* chieftain, hero

##### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | torc | torc$^L$ | tuirc$^L$ |
| Vocative | tuirc | torc$^L$ | turcu$^H$ |
| Accusative | torc$^N$ | torc$^L$ | turcu$^H$ |
| Genitive | tuirc$^L$ | torc | torc$^N$ |
| Dative | turc$^L$ | torcaib | torcaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Derived terms

* torcda

##### Descendants

* Irish: torc
* Scottish Gaelic: torc

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

#### Noun

torc m
* torque (necklace)

##### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | torc | torc$^L$ | tuirc$^L$ |
| Vocative | tuirc | torc$^L$ | turcu$^H$ |
| Accusative | torc$^N$ | torc$^L$ | turcu$^H$ |
| Genitive | tuirc$^L$ | torc | torc$^N$ |
| Dative | turc$^L$ | torcaib | torcaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Descendants

* Irish: torc

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Romanian
### Verb

torc
* inflection of toarce:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”).

### Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)
* boar

#### Derived terms

* torc allaidh
* torc fiadhaich

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language