"curach" meaning in Irish

See curach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkuɾˠəx/ ~ /ˈkoɾˠəx/ [Connacht], /ˈkʌɾˠa(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish curach, from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”) (from which also Welsh corwg (“coracle”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”) (from which also Latin corium). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|curach}} Middle Irish curach, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*korukos|t=leather boat}} Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”), {{cog|cy|corwg|t=coracle}} Welsh corwg (“coracle”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*(s)koro-|t=leather}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”), {{cog|la|corium}} Latin corium Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|curaí|||||||nominative plural|curacha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha), {{ga-noun|f|curaí|~a}} curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: curaí [genitive, singular], curacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], curach [indefinite, nominative, singular], curacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a churach [indefinite, singular, vocative], a churacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], curaí [genitive, indefinite, singular], curach [genitive, indefinite, plural], curach [dative, indefinite, singular], curaigh [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], curacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an churach [definite, nominative, singular], na curacha [definite, nominative, plural], na curaí [definite, genitive, singular], na gcurach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcurach [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcuraigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don churach [dative, definite, singular], don churaigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na curacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], curach [error-unrecognized-form], churach [error-unrecognized-form], gcurach [error-unrecognized-form], currach [alternative]
  1. currach, coracle Tags: feminine Derived forms: curach chaol, curachán
    Sense id: en-curach-ga-noun-s0ZfZxat Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Watercraft

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "currach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "currachy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "curach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish curach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*korukos",
        "t": "leather boat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "corwg",
        "t": "coracle"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh corwg (“coracle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)koro-",
        "t": "leather"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "corium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin corium",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish curach, from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”) (from which also Welsh corwg (“coracle”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”) (from which also Latin corium).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "curaí",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a churach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a churacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an churach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na curaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcurach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcurach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcuraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don churach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don churaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "churach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcurach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "currach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "curacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "curaí",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "curaí",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)",
      "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": "Watercraft",
          "orig": "ga:Watercraft",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "curach chaol"
        },
        {
          "word": "curachán"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "currach, coracle"
      ],
      "id": "en-curach-ga-noun-s0ZfZxat",
      "links": [
        [
          "currach",
          "currach"
        ],
        [
          "coracle",
          "coracle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuɾˠəx/ ~ /ˈkoɾˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌɾˠa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "curach"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "curach chaol"
    },
    {
      "word": "curachán"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "currach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "currachy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "curach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish curach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*korukos",
        "t": "leather boat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "corwg",
        "t": "coracle"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh corwg (“coracle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)koro-",
        "t": "leather"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "corium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin corium",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish curach, from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”) (from which also Welsh corwg (“coracle”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”) (from which also Latin corium).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "curaí",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a churach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a churacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an churach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na curaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcurach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcurach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcuraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don churach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don churaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na curacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "churach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcurach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "currach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "curacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "curaí",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "curaí",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)",
      "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",
        "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Watercraft"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "currach, coracle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "currach",
          "currach"
        ],
        [
          "coracle",
          "coracle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuɾˠəx/ ~ /ˈkoɾˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌɾˠa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "curach"
}

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

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

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

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

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