Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (heart).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coráiste m (genitive singular coráiste)

  1. (dated) courage
  2. gall (impudence, brazenness)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coráiste choráiste gcoráiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ coráiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 230, page 116

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