corcach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcach.[1]

Noun

corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha)

  1. marsh, swamp

Declension

Declension of corcach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative corcach corcacha
vocative a chorcach a chorcacha
genitive corcaí corcach
dative corcach
corcaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		corcacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chorcach na corcacha
genitive na corcaí na gcorcach
dative leis an gcorcach
leis an gcorcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chorcach
don chorcaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na corcacha

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: corcass

Mutation

Mutated forms of corcach
radical lenition eclipsis
corcach chorcach gcorcach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 corcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “corcaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 248; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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