sochar
See also: sochař
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish sochar (“a good or valid contract; privileges, rights, dues, revenues; profit, advantage, benefit”), from so- (“good”) + cor (“act of putting, placing; setting up; act of throwing, casting; act of letting go, discarding; leap, twist; throw; twist, coil; contract”).
Noun edit
sochar m (genitive singular sochair, nominative plural sochair)
- (literary) valid contract; (collectively) privileges, dues; emoluments
- benefit, profit; advantage, gain
- produce
Declension edit
Declension of sochar
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms edit
- (profit): gnóthachan
- (profit, advantage): brabach
- (profit, advantage, return): brabús
- (benefit): leas, buntáiste
- (benefit, gain): tairbhe
- (return): toradh
Derived terms edit
- bonn sochair (“luck-penny”)
- fuílleach sochair (“credit balance”)
- im sochair (“yellowish oily exudation from soil”)
- nóta sochair (“credit note”)
- sochar agus dochar (“profit and loss; advantages and disadvantages”)
- sochar frithpháirteach (“mutual benefit”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sochar | shochar after an, tsochar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sochar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sochar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Noun edit
sochar f (genitive singular sochair, no plural)
- silliness, weakness, instability of purpose, yielding or too-compliant disposition, simplicity
- indulgence
- immunity
- interest
- present, donation
- Alternative form of sochair
- bashfulness, shyness