ocras

English

Noun

ocras

1. plural of ocra

Anagrams

• Oscar, ASROC, ROSCA, Carso, Rasco, orcas, sarco-, OSCAR, AOCRs, Arcos, oscar, sacro-, Rocas, Coras

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.kʁa/ ~ /ɔ.kʁɑ/
• Homophones: ocra, ocrât

Verb

ocras

1. second-person singular past historic of ocrer

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish occoras.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔkəɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈɞkəɾˠəsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈokɾˠəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈukɾˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔkɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

ocras m (genitive singular ocrais)

1. hunger

   Tá ocras orm.

   I’m hungry.

   (literally, “Hunger is upon me.”)

   Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras. (proverb)

   Hunger is a good sauce.

2. poverty, scarcity; meanness, miserliness
3. strong desire, craving

Declension

Declension of ocras (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ocras vocative a ocrais genitive ocrais dative ocras forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ocras genitive an ocrais dative leis an ocras don ocras

Derived terms

• ag siolgaireacht le hocras (“weak from hunger”)
• bheith ar an ocras (“to live in hunger, be in want”)
• faoi ocras (“enduring hunger”)
• lucht ocrais (“miserable lot”)
• ocras tar éis altaithe (“lean diet”, literally “hunger after thanksgiving”)
• ocrasach (“hungry”)
• ocrasán (“hungry person”)
• ocrastúil (“hungry”, adjective)
• ré-ocras (“peckishness”)
• sceimhle ocrais (“raging hunger”)

 

Related terms

• ocrach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ocras

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ocras	n-ocras	hocras	t-ocras

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ocras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ocras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 524

Spanish

Noun

ocras m pl

1. plural of ocra