corcairghorm

Irish

Alternative forms

  • corcarghorm

Etymology

From corcair +‎ gorm.

Noun

corcairghorm m (genitive singular corcairghoirm)

  1. violet (color)
    Synonym: vialait

Declension

Declension of corcairghorm (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative corcairghorm
vocative a chorcairghoirm
genitive corcairghoirm
dative corcairghorm
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an corcairghorm
genitive an chorcairghoirm
dative leis an gcorcairghorm
don chorcairghorm

Adjective

corcairghorm (genitive singular masculine corcairghoirm, genitive singular feminine corcairghoirme, plural corcairghorma, not comparable)

  1. violet (having a bluish-purple color)
    Synonym: vialait

Declension

Declension of corcairghorm
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative corcairghorm chorcairghorm corcairghorma;
chorcairghorma2
vocative chorcairghoirm corcairghorma
genitive corcairghoirme corcairghorma corcairghorm
dative corcairghorm;
chorcairghorm1 		chorcairghorm;
chorcairghoirm (archaic) 		corcairghorma;
chorcairghorma2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Mutation

Mutated forms of corcairghorm
radical lenition eclipsis
corcairghorm chorcairghorm gcorcairghorm

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

Further reading

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