sorcas

See also: sorĉas

Irish

Alternative forms

• siorcas

Etymology

Borrowed from English circus, from Latin circus (“racecourse, space for games”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “ring, circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔɾˠkəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʌɾˠkəsˠ/

Noun

sorcas m (genitive singular sorcais, nominative plural sorcais)

1. (travelling) circus

Declension

Declension of sorcas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sorcas sorcais vocative a shorcais a shorcasa genitive sorcais sorcas dative sorcas sorcais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sorcas na sorcais genitive an tsorcais na sorcas dative leis an sorcas don sorcas leis na sorcais

Derived terms

• cró sorcais, fáinne sorcais (“circus ring”)
• fear sorcais (“circus clown; funny fellow, gay lad”)
• lá sorcais (“a day at the circus; a day of fun and sport”)
• máistir sorcais (“ring-master”)
• sorcas Rómhánach (“Roman circus”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of sorcas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sorcas	shorcas after an, tsorcas	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sorcas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN