sorcas

See also: sorĉas

Irish

Alternative forms

• siorcas

Etymology

Borrowed from English circus, from Latin circus (“racecourse, space for games”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “ring, circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔɾˠkəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʌɾˠkəsˠ/

Noun

sorcas m (genitive singular sorcais, nominative plural sorcais)

1. (travelling) circus

Declension

Declension of sorcas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sorcas sorcais Vocative a shorcais a shorcasa Genitive sorcais sorcas Dative sorcas sorcais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sorcas na sorcais Genitive an tsorcais na sorcas Dative leis an sorcas don sorcas leis na sorcais

Derived terms

• cró sorcais, fáinne sorcais (“circus ring”)
• fear sorcais (“circus clown; funny fellow, gay lad”)
• lá sorcais (“a day at the circus; a day of fun and sport”)
• máistir sorcais (“ring-master”)
• sorcas Rómhánach (“Roman circus”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sorcas	shorcas after an, tsorcas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sorcas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN