corrach

English

Noun

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

corrach m (genitive singular corraigh, nominative plural corraigh)

  1. (geography) wet bog, marsh
Declension
Declension of corrach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative corrach corraigh
vocative a chorraigh a chorracha
genitive corraigh corrach
dative corrach corraigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an corrach na corraigh
genitive an chorraigh na gcorrach
dative leis an gcorrach
don chorrach 		leis na corraigh
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish corrach.[4] By surface analysis, corr +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. uneven, unsteady; uneasy, unsettled
  2. projecting; angular, pointed
Declension
Declension of corrach
Positive singular plural
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.

Synonyms
  • (insecure): neamhdhaingean
  • (erratic): taomach

Mutation

Mutated forms of corrach
radical lenition eclipsis
corrach chorrach gcorrach

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

References

  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. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 217, page 105
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 158

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkor͈əx/

Adjective

corrach

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

Mutation

Mutation of corrach
radical lenition nasalization
corrach chorrach corrach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔrˠəx/

Adjective

corrach

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

Mutation

Mutation of corrach
radical lenition
corrach chorrach

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

References

  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

Etymology

From cor +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔraχ/

Noun

corrach m (plural corachod or corachiaid, diminutive corechyn)

  1. dwarf, pygmy
    Synonym: cor
  2. gnome
    Synonyms: dynan, pwca

Derived terms

  • corachaidd (“dwarfish, gnome-like”)
  • corachedd (“dwarfishness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of corrach
radical soft nasal aspirate
corrach gorrach nghorrach chorrach

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

References

  • Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • 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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