ocrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• ocrasach

Etymology

From Old Irish occorach (“hungry”) (compare occoras (“craving; desire, need”), modern ocras (“hunger”)).

Adjective

ocrach (genitive singular masculine ocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine ocraí, plural ocracha, comparative ocraí)

1. hungry

   Synonym: ocrastúil

   1. marked by, inducing, hunger
   2. poor, barren
   3. poverty-stricken
   4. mean, miserly

   Synonym: ocrastúil

Declension

Declension of ocrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ocrach	ocrach	ocracha
Vocative	ocraigh		ocracha
Genitive		ocraí	ocracha	ocrach
Dative	ocrach	ocrach; ocraigh (archaic)	ocracha
Comparative	níos ocraí
Superlative	is ocraí

Derived terms

• ocrachán m (“hungry person; miserly person”)

Related terms

• ocras m (“hunger”)

Noun

ocrach m (genitive singular ocraigh, nominative plural ocraigh)

1. hungry person

   Synonym: ocrachán

Declension

Declension of ocrach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ocrach ocraigh Vocative a ocraigh a ocracha Genitive ocraigh ocrach Dative ocrach ocraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ocrach na hocraigh Genitive an ocraigh na n-ocrach Dative leis an ocrach don ocrach leis na hocraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ocrach	n-ocrach	hocrach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “occorach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “ocrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ocrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.