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coirce
coirce
Irish
Noun
coirce m (genitive singular coirce, nominative plural coircí or coircíocha)
Declension
Declension of coirce
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- Alternative plurals
Declension of coirce
Fourth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Declension of coirce
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Derived terms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coirce | choirce | gcoirce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "coirce" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “corca” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).
Noun
coirce m (genitive singular coirce, no plural)
Derived terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “corca” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.