turscar

turscar

Irish

Alternative forms

• trioscar, troscar, truscar
• triosgar, trosgar, trusgar, tursgar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish turscar, a derivative of do·scara (“to knock down, drop”) (see treascair).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʊɾˠsˠkəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌɾˠsˠkəɾˠ/

Noun

turscar m (genitive singular turscair)

1. seawrack (masses of seaweed on the shore)
2. detritus, refuse (items or material that have been discarded)
3. (computing) spam (unsolicited bulk electronic messages)
4. (literary) trappings, belongings

Declension

Declension of turscar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative turscar Vocative a thurscair Genitive turscair Dative turscar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an turscar Genitive an turscair Dative leis an turscar don turscar

Further reading

• “turscar” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “turscur, tascar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “troscar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 759.
• "turscar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 614