coirce

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corca,[1] from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Pronunciation

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, nominative plural coircí or coircíocha or coircíonta)

  1. oats

Declension
Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coirce coircí
Vocative a choirce a choircí
Genitive coirce coircí
Dative coirce coircí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an coirce na coircí
Genitive an choirce na gcoircí
Dative leis an gcoirce

don choirce

 leis na coircí
  • Alternative plurals: coircíocha, coircíonta

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coirce choirce gcoirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔɾʲçkʲə/

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, no plural)

  1. oats

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coircechoirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coirce”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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