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)

  1. Turkey

Declension
Declension of Tuirc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Tuirc Thuirc dTuirc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “Turkey” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Entries containing “Tuirc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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