corcán

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾˠkɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

corcán m (genitive singular corcáin, nominative plural corcáin)

1. stock pot (flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food)

   Synonym: pota

2. (anatomy) paunch, potbelly (large, swollen, or protruding abdomen)

Declension

Declension of corcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative corcán corcáin Vocative a chorcáin a chorcána Genitive corcáin corcán Dative corcán corcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an corcán na corcáin Genitive an chorcáin na gcorcán Dative leis an gcorcán don chorcán leis na corcáin

Derived terms

nouns

• corcán tae
• fia-chorcán

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• “corcán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN