corcán

corcán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

corcán m (genitive singular corcáin, nominative plural corcáin)

1. stock pot (flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food)

   Synonym: pota

2. (anatomy) paunch, potbelly (large, swollen, or protruding abdomen)

Declension

Declension of corcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative corcán corcáin Vocative a chorcáin a chorcána Genitive corcáin corcán Dative corcán corcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an corcán na corcáin Genitive an chorcáin na gcorcán Dative leis an gcorcán don chorcán leis na corcáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
corcán	chorcán	gcorcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

nouns

• corcán tae
• fia-chorcán

 

Further reading

• “corcán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• "corcán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.