corcair
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Irish. Doublet of purple.
Noun[edit]
corcair (uncountable)
Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Noun[edit]
corcair f (genitive singular corcra)
Declension[edit]
Declension of corcair
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- corcra (“purple”, adjective)
- corcairghorm
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
corcair | chorcair | gcorcair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corcair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corcair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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