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Sorcha
Sorcha
See also: sorcha
Irish
Etymology
From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔɾˠəxə/
Proper noun
Sorcha f (genitive Shorcha)
- A female given name, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah.
See also
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Sorcha | Shorcha after an, tSorcha |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scots
Etymology
Borrowing from Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsorxə/
Proper noun
Sorcha
- A female given name sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah.
See also
sorcha
sorcha
See also: Sorcha
Irish
Adjective
sorcha
Declension
Declension of sorcha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sorcha | shorcha | sorcha; shorcha² |
|
| Vocative | shorcha | sorcha | ||
| Genitive | sorcha | sorcha | sorcha | |
| Dative | sorcha; shorcha¹ |
shorcha | sorcha; shorcha² |
|
| Comparative | níos sorcha | |||
| Superlative | is sorcha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
- (light): dorcha
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sorcha | shorcha after an, tsorcha |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “sorċa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "sorcha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.