corcair
English
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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Declension
Declension of corcair
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- corcra (“purple”, adjective)
- corcairghorm
Mutation
| 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
- 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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