Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish corcach,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kork-, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”), see also Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), Proto-Germanic *herzną.[2]
Noun
corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha)
- marsh, swamp
Declension
Declension of corcach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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corcach
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corcacha
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| vocative
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a chorcach
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a chorcacha
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| genitive
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corcaí
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corcach
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| dative
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corcach
corcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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corcacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chorcach
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na corcacha
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| genitive
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na corcaí
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na gcorcach
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| dative
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leis an gcorcach
leis an gcorcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chorcach
don chorcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na corcacha
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutated forms of corcach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| corcach
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chorcach
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gcorcach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 corcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ker-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 573-74
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “corcaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 248; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN