corra
Galician
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kom-rigā (“binding, bond”).[1][2] Akin to Old Irish cuimrech (“binding”) and Breton kevre.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkora̝/
Noun
corra f (plural corras)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
corra
- inflection of correr:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
- “corra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “corre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “corra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Coromines declared untenable the possibility of it coming from Latin corregia, cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “correa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
Irish
Italian
Verb
corra
- inflection of correre:
- first-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
corra
- inflection of correr:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
corra (comparative corra)
- odd, occasional
- corra phinnt còmhla ris na co-obraichean aige ― an occasional pint with his workmates
- mar a rinn iad corra uair eile ― as they did several other times/on several other occasions
Usage notes
- Unlike the majority of Scottish Gaelic adjectives, corra precedes the noun and lenites it.
- Chan eil ach corra chothrom agam sin a dhèanamh. ― I only have an occasional opportunity to do that.
- It can also convey the meaning of a few, but the following noun is still in the singular:
- corra bhliadhna fhathast ― a few years yet
Derived terms
- corra uair (“occasionally”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
corra f (genitive singular corra, plural corran)
- Used as a first part of compounds for certain birds.
Derived terms
- corra na h-easgann (“crane, bittern”)
- corra-bhàn (“stork”)
- corra-ghrian (“bittern”)
- corra-ghritheach (“heron”)
- corra-iasg (“crane, stork”)
- corra-mhonaidh (“crane”)
- corra-sgreuchag (“screech-owl; heron”)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkora/ [ˈko.ra]
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: co‧rra
Verb
corra
- inflection of correr:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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