corcair

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish. Doublet of purple.

Noun

corcair (uncountable)

  1. A lichen that produces a purple dye.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

corcair f (genitive singular corcra)

  1. (lichen producing) kind of purple dye

Declension

Declension of corcair (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative corcair
vocative a chorcair
genitive corcra
dative corcair
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chorcair
genitive na corcra
dative leis an gcorcair
don chorcair

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of corcair
radical lenition eclipsis
corcair chorcair gcorcair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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