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corrach

English

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Noun

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corrach (plural corrachs)

  1. Alternative form of currach (“light, rowed Irish boat”)
    • 1862, University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, page 68:
      The corrachs, as may be supposed, drew but few feet of water.
    • 1891, Mary Banim, Here and There Through Ireland, part 1, page 116:
      […] the corrachs are so light, and the western fishermen are so skilful in their management, that accidents are almost unknown, and if a boatman but says it is safe to venture out with him, there is no danger whatever [...]
    • 1892, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 119, page 486:
      So, happy at heart, he stepped into the corrach, that floated lightly on its own light shadow under the edge of the island, and he rowed it over the Dark Lake […] but the man who sat in the corrach watched for the light […]
    • 1903, Country Life Illustrated, volume 13, page 544:
      The earliest boat, so they say in Ireland, was a raft. After that came the corrach. The pattern of the corrach drifted across to the adjacent island, where in debased form it became the coracle, which is used on the upper reaches of the Severn and elsewhere even unto this day. So also the corrach of ...
    • 1920, Katharine Tynan, Denys the Dreamer, page 247:
      ... as the corrach pulled near the shore.

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cuirrech,[1] currach m (“marsh, fen”). Likely related to Welsh cors (“reeds, bog, marsh”); see there for details.

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Noun

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corrach m (genitive singular corraigh, nominative plural corraigh)

  1. (geography) wet bog, marsh
Declension
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Declension of corrach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corrach corraigh
Vocative a chorraigh a chorracha
Genitive corraigh corrach
Dative corrach corraigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an corrach na corraigh
Genitive an chorraigh na gcorrach
Dative leis an gcorrach

don chorrach

leis na corraigh

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish corrach.[3] By surface analysis, corr +‎ -ach.

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Adjective

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corrach (genitive singular masculine corraigh, genitive singular feminine corraí, plural corracha, comparative corraí)

  1. uneven, unsteady; uneasy, unsettled
  2. projecting; angular, pointed
Declension
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Declension of corrach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative corrach chorrach corracha;
chorracha²
Vocative chorraigh corracha
Genitive corraí corracha corrach
Dative corrach;
chorrach¹ 		chorrach;
chorraigh (archaic) 		corracha;
chorracha²
Comparative níos corraí
Superlative is corraí

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corrach chorrach gcorrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuirrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From corr (“sharp, protruding point”) +‎ -ach.

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Adjective

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corrach

  1. rough, uneven (of places, mountains, roads, etc.)
  2. moving, rough, restless (of water, particularly the sea)

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
corrach chorrach corrach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish corrach.[1] By surface analysis, còrr +‎ -ach.

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Adjective

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corrach

  1. steep, precipitous
    Synonym: cas
  2. uneven
  3. shaky, precarious, unstable, unsteady

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

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Etymology

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From cor +‎ -ach.

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Noun

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corrach m (plural corachod or corachiaid)

  1. dwarf, pygmy

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
corrach gorrach nghorrach chorrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “corrach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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