coronach

See also: corónach

English

Alternative forms

• coranach, coranich, corrinoch, corronach, cronach

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic corranach and Irish corānach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒɹənək/, /kɒɹənəx/

Noun

coronach (plural coronachs)

1. (historical, Scotland, Ireland) A dirge or lamentation.
   • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XV:

     The village maids and matrons round / The dismal coronach resound.

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXX, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 311 footnote:

     [A] hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.

Usage notes

• Used for funeral songs in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland.

Synonyms

• ullaloo

Translations

dirge, lamentation

• Finnish: surulaulu, valitusvirsi (fi)
• French: coronach (fr)
• Scottish Gaelic: corranach m

Anagrams

• coanchor