"corcach" meaning in Irish

See corcach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Middle Irish corcach, from Proto-Celtic *kork-, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”), see also Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), Proto-Germanic *herzną. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|corcach}} Middle Irish corcach, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*kork-}} Proto-Celtic *kork-, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*ker-|t=dark color}} Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”), {{cog|lv|sȩ̄rsna||hoarfrost}} Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), {{cog|lt|šerkšnas||hoarfrost}} Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), {{cog|xcl|սառն||ice}} Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), {{cog|gem-pro|*herzną}} Proto-Germanic *herzną Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|corcaí|||||||nominative plural|corcacha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha), {{ga-noun|f|corcaí|corcacha}} corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: corcaí [genitive, singular], corcacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], corcach [indefinite, nominative, singular], corcacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chorcach [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chorcacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], corcaí [genitive, indefinite, singular], corcach [genitive, indefinite, plural], corcach [dative, indefinite, singular], corcaigh [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], corcacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chorcach [definite, nominative, singular], na corcacha [definite, nominative, plural], na corcaí [definite, genitive, singular], na gcorcach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcorcach [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcorcaigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don chorcach [dative, definite, singular], don chorcaigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na corcacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], corcach [error-unrecognized-form], chorcach [error-unrecognized-form], gcorcach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. marsh, swamp Tags: feminine Synonyms: riasc, seascann, eanach Derived forms: Corcaigh
    Sense id: en-corcach-ga-noun-Ishs60Vf Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Wetlands
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "corcass"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "corcach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish corcach",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kork-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kork-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ker-",
        "t": "dark color"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sȩ̄rsna",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hoarfrost"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "šerkšnas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hoarfrost"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "սառն",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*herzną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *herzną",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish corcach, from Proto-Celtic *kork-, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”), see also Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), Proto-Germanic *herzną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "corcaí",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chorcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na corcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcorcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chorcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chorcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcorcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "corcacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "corcaí",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "corcaí",
        "3": "corcacha"
      },
      "expansion": "corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Wetlands",
          "orig": "ga:Wetlands",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Corcaigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "marsh, swamp"
      ],
      "id": "en-corcach-ga-noun-Ishs60Vf",
      "links": [
        [
          "marsh",
          "marsh"
        ],
        [
          "swamp",
          "swamp"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "riasc"
        },
        {
          "word": "seascann"
        },
        {
          "word": "eanach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "corcach"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Corcaigh"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "corcass"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "corcach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish corcach",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kork-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kork-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ker-",
        "t": "dark color"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sȩ̄rsna",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hoarfrost"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "šerkšnas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hoarfrost"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "սառն",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*herzną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *herzną",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish corcach, from Proto-Celtic *kork-, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”), see also Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), Proto-Germanic *herzną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "corcaí",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chorcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na corcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcorcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chorcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chorcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na corcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chorcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcorcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "corcacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "corcaí",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "corcaí",
        "3": "corcacha"
      },
      "expansion": "corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish feminine nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish second-declension nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Wetlands"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "marsh, swamp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marsh",
          "marsh"
        ],
        [
          "swamp",
          "swamp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "riasc"
    },
    {
      "word": "seascann"
    },
    {
      "word": "eanach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "corcach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for corcach meaning in Irish (4.9kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: corcach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "corcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "corcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "corcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "corcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "corcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "corcach",
  "trace": ""
}

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