tunc

See also: tunç and Tunç

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тунҹ
Arabic		تونج

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *tūč. Cognate with Turkish tunç.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tunc (definite accusative tuncu, plural tunclar)

1. bronze

Declension

Declension of tunc

	singular	plural
nominative	tunc	tunclar
definite accusative	tuncu	tuncları
dative	tunca	tunclara
locative	tuncda	tunclarda
ablative	tuncdan	tunclardan
definite genitive	tuncun	tuncların

Possessive forms of tunc

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncum	tunclarım
sənin (“your”)	tuncun	tuncların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncu	tuncları
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuz	tunclarımız
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuz	tunclarınız
onların (“their”)	tuncu or tuncları	tuncları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumu	tunclarımı
sənin (“your”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunu	tunclarını
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzu	tunclarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzu	tunclarınızı
onların (“their”)	tuncunu or tunclarını	tunclarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncuma	tunclarıma
sənin (“your”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncuna	tunclarına
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuza	tunclarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuza	tunclarınıza
onların (“their”)	tuncuna or tunclarına	tunclarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumda	tunclarımda
sənin (“your”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunda	tunclarında
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzda	tunclarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzda	tunclarınızda
onların (“their”)	tuncunda or tunclarında	tunclarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumdan	tunclarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncundan	tunclarından
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzdan	tunclarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzdan	tunclarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tuncundan or tunclarından	tunclarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tuncumun	tunclarımın
sənin (“your”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tuncunun	tunclarının
bizim (“our”)	tuncumuzun	tunclarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tuncunuzun	tunclarınızın
onların (“their”)	tuncunun or tunclarının	tunclarının

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “tunc”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎ (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *tunce, from tum +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʊŋk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtuŋk]

Adverb

tunc (not comparable)

1. then, in its senses as
   1. at that time

      Synonym: tum

   2. (New Latin) therefore
      • 1826, Stanislas Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:

        Ejus stylus, tunc historicus. Confucius aiebat: Haec aequitas: tunc ego Khieou privatim sumpsi illam.

        Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals'] style is then historical. Confucius said: These judgments, then, I undertook them privately, Qiu.

2. from then on: from that time, thereupon, afterwards

Derived terms

• dunc
• ex tunc
• *in tunc

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			realis			irrealis		interrogative				indefinite					alternative
	proximal	medial	distal	anaphoric	identity	affirmative	conditional	negative		indefinite	irrelative / emphatic	relative		irrelative	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste istic	ille illic	is	ipse īdem	quisquidem	sīquis	nēquisquam nēmō̆ nihil nūllus	numquis	ecquis ecquī ecquisnam ecquīnam	quisnam quīnam	quis quī	quisquis quīcumque	quīdam aliquis, quis aliquī, quī quispiam	quīvis quīlibet	quisque	quisquam ūllus	alius
comparative	huiusmodī huiuscemodī	istī̆usmodī	illī̆usmodī	eiusmodī	eiusdemmodī		sīcuiusmodī	nēcuiusquammodī	numcuiusmodī		cuiusnammodī	cuiusmodī	cuiusmodīcumque	alicuiusmodī cuiusdammodī	cuiusvīsmodī	cuiusquemodī	cuiusquammodī	alterī̆usmodī
dual								neuter			uternam	uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs uterlibet	uterque		alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem		sīcubī	nusquam nūllibī			ubinam	ubī̆	ubī̆cumque ubiubī̆	alicubī̆ uspiam	ubivīs ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	alibī aliās
source	hinc	ºistim istinc	ºillim illinc	inde	indidem		sīcunde	°nūllunde			undenam	ºcum unde	undecumque undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique	°undiquam	aliunde
destination	hūc hōc °hōrsum	istūc istōc °istōrsum	illūc illōc °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quōquidem	sīquō	nusquam °nūllōrsum	numquō	ecquō	quōnam	quō quōrsum	quōcumque quōquō °quōrsumcumque	aliquō quōpiam °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs quōlibet	quōque	quōquam	aliō aliōrsum
means, way, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quāquidem	sīquā	nēquāquam haudquāquam	numquā	ecquā	quānam	quā	quācumque quāquā	aliquā	quāvīs quālibet	quāque	°quāquam ūllā	aliā
distance	hāctenus	°istātenus °istāctenus	°illātenus °illāctenus	eātenus				nūllātenus		°ecquātenus	°quātenusnam	quātenus	°quātenuscumque °quāquātenus	aliquātenus quādantenus	°quātenusvīs °quātenuslibet		ūllātenus	aliātenus
reason	°hācpropter °hōccircā	°istāpropter	°illāpropter	eāpropter eōcircā				°nullāpropter °nullōcircā				cūr quāpropter quōcircā quārē		°quādampropter		°quōquecircā		°aliāpropter
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita sīc eō modō	item itidem	quidem	sīquī	nihil nihilō neutiquam °neutī̆que nēquīquam nē quidem nūllō modō	numquī	ecquī	utinam	ut prout quī quō modō quōmodo quemadmodum quiter quārē	utcumque utut proutcumque quōmodocumque °quemadmodumcumque	quī quōdam modō aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	°utiquam °quīquam ūllō modō	aliter aliōquī alterō/aliō modō
time	†num nunc		ōlim	tum tunc	simul	quandō̆quidem	sīquandō̆	numquam	°numquandō̆	ecquandō̆	quandōnam	quandō̆ ‡cum	quandōcumque quandōque cumque °quandōnē °quandōquandō °cumcumque	quondam aliquandō̆	°quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen †tandem	°quamquidem						quam	quamcumque †quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs quamlibet	quamque
size				tantus	tantusdem							quantus	quantuscumque quantusquantus	aliquantus	quantusvīs quantuslibet	quantusque
quality				tālis						°ecquālis	quālisnam	quālis	quāliscumque quālisquālis	aliquālis	quālislibet	quālisque
number				tot	totidem						°quotnam °quotinam	quot	quotquot quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus								quotus	°quotuscumque	°aliquotus	°quotuslibet	°quotusque °quotusquisque
repetition				totiēns				nullotiēns				quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiēnsque °quotiēnsquisque
multiplication				totuplex								quotuplex
proportion				°totuplus								quotuplus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed ° Rare ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative.

Descendants

(See also dunc, *in tunc, *tunce.)

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Old Venetan: tonca
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: tonca, tunc
• Borrowings:
  • → Interlingua: tunc

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “entonces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎ (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “tŭnc”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 683

Further reading

• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tunc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "tunc", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “tunc”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
    
• tunc in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016