curach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish curach, from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”) (from which also Welsh corwg (“coracle”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”) (from which also Latin corium).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈɾˠax/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊɾˠəx/, /ˈkɔɾˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɤɾˠax/, /ˈkɤɾˠah/, /ˈkɤɾˠa/
Noun
editcurach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)
Declension
editDeclension of curach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
curach | churach | gcurach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 curach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “curaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 161
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “curach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
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