Sorcha
See also: sorcha
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sorcha
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sorcha f (genitive Shorcha)
- a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah
See also edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Sorcha | Shorcha after an, tSorcha |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Entries containing “Sorcha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “Sorcha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sorcha
- a female given name from Scottish Gaelic sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah
See also edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sorcha f (vocative a Shorcha)
- a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah
See also edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Sorcha | Shorcha after "an", t-Sorcha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |