"Sorcha" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Proper name

IPA: /s̪ɔɾɔxə/ Forms: a Shorcha [vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], Sorcha [mutation, mutation-radical], Shorcha [lenition, mutation], after "an" [lenition, mutation], t-Sorcha [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”). Etymology templates: {{m|gd|sorcha|t=bright, clear, conspicuous}} sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), {{der|gd|sga|sorchae|t=bright, luminous}} Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”) Head templates: {{head|gd|proper noun|vocative|a Shorcha|g=f}} Sorcha f (vocative a Shorcha) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|So|rcha}}
  1. a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Scottish Gaelic female given names, Scottish Gaelic given names Related terms: Dorcha
    Sense id: en-Sorcha-gd-name-dLCZXBMZ Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "form": "after \"an\"",
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      "form": "t-Sorcha",
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