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).

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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of turscar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
turscar	thurscar	dturscar

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “troscar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 759
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “turscar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN