corcair

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Irish

Noun

corcair (uncountable)

  1. A lichen that produces a purple dye.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corcair; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

corcair f (genitive singular corcra)

  1. (lichen producing) kind of purple dye

Declension
Declension of corcair

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative corcair
Vocative a chorcair
Genitive corcra
Dative corcair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an chorcair
Genitive na corcra
Dative leis an gcorcair

don chorcair

Derived terms
  • corcra (“purple”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corcair chorcair gcorcair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "corcair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “corcair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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