corcairdhearg
Irish
Alternative forms
- corcair-dhearg (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish corcurderg. By surface analysis, corcair (“purple”) + dearg (“red”).
Noun
corcairdhearg m (genitive singular corcairdheirg)
- crimson
Declension
Declension of corcairdhearg
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Adjective
corcairdhearg (genitive singular masculine corcairdheirg, genitive singular feminine corcairdheirge, plural corcairdhearga, not comparable)
- crimson
- Synonym: craorag
Declension
Declension of corcairdhearg
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | corcairdhearg | chorcairdhearg | corcairdhearga; chorcairdhearga² | |
| Vocative | chorcairdheirg | corcairdhearga | ||
| Genitive | ccorcairdheirge | corcairdhearga | corcairdhearg | |
| Dative | corcairdhearg; chorcairdhearg¹ | chorcairdhearg; chorcairdheirg (archaic) | corcairdhearga; chorcairdhearga² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
See also
| bán | liath | dubh |
| dearg; corcairdhearg | oráiste, flannbhuí; donn | buí; bánbhuí |
| líoma-ghlas, glas líoma | glas, uaine | dath an mhiontais |
| cian; téal | gormghlas, spéirghorm | gorm |
| corcairghorm; indeagó | maigeanta; corcra | bándearg |
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| corcairdhearg | chorcairdhearg | gcorcairdhearg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “corcairdhearg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corcair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcairdhearg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “corcairdhearg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.