curcagh

Yola

Etymology

curk (“to squat”) +‎ -agh (“from Irish -ach”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːˈkɔː/

Adjective

curcagh

1. snappish, contrary

   Synonym: curkite

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:

     Th’ weithest all curcagh, wafur, an cornee.

     You seem all snappish, uneasy, and fretful.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33