corcán
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corcán m (genitive singular corcáin, nominative plural corcáin)
- stock pot (flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food)
- Synonym: pota
- (anatomy) paunch, potbelly (large, swollen, or protruding abdomen)
Declension edit
Declension of corcán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
nouns
Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
corcán | chorcán | gcorcán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “corcán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN