corcra
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish corcra, attributive genitive of corcair (“purple”); akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Adjective
[edit]corcra
Declension
[edit]Declension of corcra
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | corcra | chorcra | corcra; chorcra² | |
| Vocative | chorcra | corcra | ||
| Genitive | corcra | corcra | corcra | |
| Dative | corcra; chorcra¹ |
chorcra | corcra; chorcra² | |
| Comparative | níos corcra | |||
| Superlative | is corcra | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- an galar corcra (“purpura”)
- corcra dorcha, dúchorcra (“aubergine”) (colour)
- corcraigh (“purple; crimson, bloody”, verb)
- croí corcra (“purple heart”)
- scothchorcra (“purplish”, adjective)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]corcra f sg
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| corcra | chorcra | gcorcra |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corcair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corcra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corcra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “purple”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024