currach
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Irish curach, corrach, from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcurrach (plural currachs)
- (nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 53:
- Some days he went out in the currach with her father and her brothers, out past Blue Island and Inishlackan, where the mackerel and sea salmon were fat as piglets.
Irish
editNoun
editcurrach f (genitive singular curraí, nominative plural curracha)
- Alternative spelling of curach
Declension
editDeclension of currach
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Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
currach | churrach | gcurrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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