corr

See also: corr-, Corr., and còrr

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish corr (“protruding, pointed”), from Proto-Celtic *kurros (“pointed, angled”); cognate with Welsh cwr (“corner, edge”).[1]

Noun

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)

  1. projecting point
  2. angle, edge
  3. hollow, pit
  4. rounded hill, hump
Declension
Declension of corr

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corr corra
Vocative a chorr a chorra
Genitive coirre corr
Dative corr corra

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chorr na corra
Genitive na coirre na gcorr
Dative leis an gcorr

don chorr

 leis na corra
Derived terms
  • corr shúgáin
  • corr chasta (“throw-crook, rope-twister”)

Adjective

corr (genitive singular masculine corr, genitive singular feminine coirre, plural corra, comparative coirre)

  1. odd
  2. tapering, pointed
  3. round, curved
Declension
Declension of corr
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative corr chorr corra;
chorra²
Vocative chorr corra
Genitive coirre corra corr
Dative corr;
chorr¹		 chorr corra;
chorra²
Comparative níos coirre
Superlative is coirre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish corr, from Proto-Celtic *korxsā (compare Welsh crychydd (“heron”)). Ultimately onomatopoeic in origin; possibly related to cearc (“hen”).

Noun

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)

  1. heron
  2. (specifically) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
    Synonyms: corr ghlas, corr réisc, corr riasc
  3. crane, stork
  4. (figuratively) long-necked person
Declension
Declension of corr

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corr corra
Vocative a chorr a chorra
Genitive coirre corr
Dative corr corra

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chorr na corra
Genitive na coirre na gcorr
Dative leis an gcorr

don chorr

 leis na corra
Derived terms
  • corr bhán
  • corr ghlas
  • corr leitheadach
  • corr mhara
  • corr mhóna
  • corr réisc
  • corr riasc

Etymology 3

Noun

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)

  1. sand lance
    Synonyms: corr ghainimh, corr ghobach, corr shéanta
Declension
Declension of corr

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corr corra
Vocative a chorr a chorra
Genitive coirre corr
Dative corr corra

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chorr na corra
Genitive na coirre na gcorr
Dative leis an gcorr

don chorr

 leis na corra
Derived terms
  • corr charraige
  • corr ghainimh
  • corr ghobach
  • corr shéanta
  • corr uaine

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

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kurro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
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