corrach
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾˠa(x)/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cuirrech, currach m (“marsh, fen”). Likely related to Welsh cors (“reeds, bog, marsh”); see there for details.
Noun
corrach m (genitive singular corraigh, nominative plural corraigh)
- (geography) wet bog, marsh
Declension
Declension of corrach
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Derived terms
- pónaire chorraigh (“buck-bean, bog-bean”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish corrach.
Adjective
corrach (genitive singular masculine corraigh, genitive singular feminine corraí, plural corracha, comparative corraí)
- uneven, unsteady; uneasy, unsettled
- projecting; angular, pointed
Declension
Declension of corrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | corrach | chorrach | corracha; chorracha² | |
| Vocative | chorraigh | corracha | ||
| Genitive | corraí | corracha | corrach | |
| Dative | corrach; chorrach¹ | chorrach; chorraigh (archaic) | corracha; chorracha² | |
| Comparative | níos corraí | |||
| Superlative | is corraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (insecure): neamhdhaingean
- (erratic): taomach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| corrach | chorrach | gcorrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuirrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “corrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “corrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle Irish
Etymology
From corr + -ach. See corr (sense 1) (“sharp, protruding point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkor͈ax/, /ˈkor͈əx/
Adjective
corrach
- rough, uneven (of places, mountains, roads, etc.)
- moving, rough, restless (of water, particularly the sea)
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| corrach | chorrach | corrach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh
Etymology
From cor + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔraχ/
Noun
corrach m (plural corachod or corachiaid)
- dwarf, pygmy
Derived terms
- corachaidd
- corachedd
Related terms
- cor
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| corrach | gorrach | nghorrach | chorrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “corrach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies