Sorcha

See also: sorcha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔːɹkə/, /ˈsɔːɹʃə/

Proper noun

Sorcha

  1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔɾˠəxə/

Proper noun

Sorcha f (genitive Shorcha)

  1. a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah

See also

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Sorcha Shorcha
after an, tSorcha		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading
  • Entries containing “Sorcha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsorxə/

Proper noun

Sorcha

  1. a female given name from Scottish Gaelic sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /s̪ɔɾɔxə/

Proper noun

Sorcha f (vocative a Shorcha)

  1. a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah

See also

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
SorchaShorcha
after "an", t-Sorcha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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