coirce

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾʲcə/

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, nominative plural coircí or coircíocha or coircíonta)

  1. oats

Declension

Alternative plurals

Derived terms

  • arán coirce m (oatbread, oatcake)
  • coirce cuaiche m (late-sown oats)
  • coirce dubh m (black oats)
  • coirce faoilleach m, coirce faoillí m (early spring oats)
  • coirce fia m, coirce fiáin m, coirce móinéir m, coirce scéine m (wild oats, oat-grass)
  • coirce gorm m (blue-bottle)
  • coirce préacháin m (rye-grass)
  • coirce scilligthe m (hulled oats)
  • min choirce f (oatmeal)
  • sruán coirce m (oatcake)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coirce choirce gcoirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, no plural)

  1. oats

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
coircechoirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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