tochmarc

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From to- +‎ com- + the stem of Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪ox.β̃əɾk/ (Blasse) [ˈt̪ox.β̃aɾk] (Griffith) [ˈt̪ox.β̃əɾk] === Noun === tochmarc n wooing, courting (romantically or for marriage) For quotations using this term, see Citations:tochmarc. ==== Usage notes ==== As a quasi-verbal noun, genitive modifiers always refer to whoever was wooed or courted. For example, Tochmarc Emire ("the Wooing of Emer") refers to Emer being courted by Cú Chulainn, not Emer courting Cú Chulainn herself. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Related terms ==== imchomarc imm·comairc ==== Descendants ==== Irish: tochmharc (“story of courtship”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tochmarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language