corrán

See also: corran and Corran

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish corrán, equivalent to corr +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɔɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾˠanˠ/, /ˈkɔɾˠan̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

corrán m (genitive singular corráin, nominative plural corráin)

  1. hook for reaping or pruning, sickle
  2. billhook
    Synonym: bileog
  3. crescent (shape)
  4. crescent (road)
  5. (geometry) lune
  6. (weaving) twill

Declension
Declension of corrán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corrán corráin
Vocative a chorráin a chorrána
Genitive corráin corrán
Dative corrán corráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an corrán na corráin
Genitive an chorráin na gcorrán
Dative leis an gcorrán

don chorrán

 leis na corráin

Derived terms
  • casúr agus corrán (“hammer and sickle”)
  • corrán bearrtha
  • corrán buana
  • corrán caol
  • corrán casta
  • corrán círe
  • corrán cnuasaigh
  • corrán craipleach
  • Corrán Dearg (“Red Crescent”)
  • corrán féasóige
  • corrán gealaí
  • corrán géill
  • corrán leathan
  • corrán lín
  • corrán súgáin
  • corránach
  • fí chorráin
  • lúb is corrán

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Further reading
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