sorcha

See also: Sorcha

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔɾˠəxə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sorchae (“luminous, bright”).

Adjective

sorcha (genitive singular masculine sorcha, genitive singular feminine sorcha, plural sorcha, comparative sorcha)

1. light, bright, clear

   Antonym: dorcha

2. conspicuous, manifest

Declension

Declension of sorcha

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sorcha	shorcha	sorcha; shorcha2
vocative	shorcha		sorcha
genitive		sorcha	sorcha	sorcha
dative	sorcha; shorcha1	shorcha	sorcha; shorcha2
Comparative	níos sorcha
Superlative	is sorcha

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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sorchae (“light, brightness”).

Noun

sorcha f (genitive singular sorcha)

1. brightness, light

Declension

Declension of sorcha (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sorcha vocative a shorcha genitive sorcha dative sorcha forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsorcha genitive na sorcha dative leis an tsorcha don tsorcha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sorcha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sorcha	shorcha after an, tsorcha	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) “sorcha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sorċa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 675
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sorchae (“luminous, bright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪ɔɾɔxə/

Adjective

sorcha (comparative soirche)

1. light, bright, clear

   Antonym: dorcha

2. conspicuous, manifest

Derived terms

• sorchaich

Mutation

Mutation of sorcha

radical	lenition
sorcha	shorcha after "an", t-sorcha

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sorcha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language