corcairdhearg

Irish

Alternative forms

• corcair-dhearg (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcurderg. By surface analysis, corcair (“purple”) +‎ dearg (“red”).

Noun

corcairdhearg m (genitive singular corcairdheirg)

1. crimson

Declension

Declension of corcairdhearg (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative corcairdhearg vocative a chorcairdheirg genitive corcairdheirg dative corcairdhearg forms with the definite article case singular nominative an corcairdhearg genitive an chorcairdheirg dative leis an gcorcairdhearg don chorcairdhearg

Adjective

corcairdhearg (genitive singular masculine corcairdheirg, genitive singular feminine corcairdheirge, plural corcairdhearga, not comparable)

1. crimson

   Synonym: craorag

Declension

Declension of corcairdhearg

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	corcairdhearg	chorcairdhearg	corcairdhearga; chorcairdhearga2
vocative	chorcairdheirg		corcairdhearga
genitive		ccorcairdheirge	corcairdhearga	corcairdhearg
dative	corcairdhearg; chorcairdhearg1	chorcairdhearg; chorcairdheirg (archaic)	corcairdhearga; chorcairdhearga2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)

bán	liath	dubh
dearg; corcairdhearg	oráiste, flannbhuí; donn	buí; bánbhuí
líoma-ghlas, glas líoma	glas, uaine	dath an mhiontais
cian	gormghlas, spéirghorm	gorm
corcairghorm; indeagó	maigeanta; corcra	bándearg

Mutation

Mutated forms of corcairdhearg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
corcairdhearg	chorcairdhearg	gcorcairdhearg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “corcairdhearg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corcair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corcairdhearg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “corcairdhearg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024