Tuirc

See also: tuirc

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos).

Proper noun

An Tuirc f (genitive na Tuirce)

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

Declension

Declension of Tuirc (second declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	Tuirc
vocative	a Thuirc
genitive	Tuirce
dative	Tuirc

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an Tuirc
genitive	na Tuirce
dative	leis an Tuirc don Tuirc

Derived terms

Tuircis f (“the Turkish language”)
Turcach (“Turkish”, adjective)
Turcach m (“Turk”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Tuirc*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Tuirc	Thuirc	dTuirc

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

Further reading

“Turkey”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Tuirc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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