ocrach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish occorach (“hungry”) (compare occoras (“craving; desire, need”), modern ocras (“hunger”)).
Adjective
editocrach (genitive singular masculine ocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine ocraí, plural ocracha, comparative ocraí)
Declension
editDeclension of ocrach
Derived terms
edit- ocrachán m (“hungry person; miserly person”)
Related terms
edit- ocras m (“hunger”)
Noun
editocrach m (genitive singular ocraigh, nominative plural ocraigh)
- hungry person
- Synonym: ocrachán
Declension
editDeclension of ocrach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ocrach | n-ocrach | hocrach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “occorach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ocrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ocrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024