forc

See also: fforc

Catalan

Etymology

From forca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfork]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfoɾk]

Noun

forc m (plural forcs)

1. a little span (distance from thumb to forefinger)
2. string (bulbs of onion, garlic, etc. tied together in a line for storage)

Derived terms

• enforcar

See also

• pam

Further reading

• “forc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Irish

forc

Alternative forms

• farc (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish forc, from Latin furca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɔɾˠk/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /fˠɔɾˠk/, /fˠoːɾˠk/

Noun

forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc)

1. fork

   Synonym: gabhlóg

2. pitchfork

   Synonym: pice

Declension

Declension of forc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative forc foirc Vocative a fhoirc a fhorca Genitive foirc forc Dative forc foirc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an forc na foirc Genitive an fhoirc na bhforc Dative leis an bhforc don fhorc leis na foirc

Derived terms

• forc éisc (“fish fork”)
• forc féir (“hay-fork”)
• forc rósta (“roasting fork”)
• forc spól(t)a (“carving fork”)

 

Related terms

• scian
• spúnóg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
forc	fhorc	bhforc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸork]

Noun

forc (gender unknown)

1. fork

   Synonym: gabul

2. pronged spear
3. hand, clutch, grasp

Inflection

Only the nominative singular and the genitive plural are attested; both forms are forc.

The gender is unknown; the Latin etymon is feminine and the modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic descendants are masculine, but the word is not well attested enough to tell when the gender switch happened.

Descendants

• Irish: forc
• Scottish Gaelic: forc, forca

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
forc	ḟorc	forc pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish forc, from Latin furca. Doublet of forca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrˠxk/

Noun

forc m (genitive singular fuirc, plural forcan)

1. Synonym of forca (“fork”)

Mutation

Mutation of forc

radical	lenition
forc	fhorc

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