corcair

corcair

English

Alternative forms

• corkir

Etymology

Irish

Noun

corcair (uncountable)

1. A lichen that produces a purple dye.

Anagrams

• Carrico

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corcair; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

corcair f (genitive singular corcra)

1. (lichen producing) kind of purple dye

Declension

Declension of corcair

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative corcair Vocative a chorcair Genitive corcra Dative corcair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chorcair Genitive na corcra Dative leis an gcorcair don chorcair

Derived terms

• corcra (“purple”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• "corcair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “corcair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.