sorchae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• soirche

Etymology

From some root prefixed with so-; paired as an opposite with dorchae. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsorxɘ]

Adjective

sorchae

1. bright, luminous

Antonyms

• dorchae

Descendants

• Irish: sorcha
• Scottish Gaelic: sorcha

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sorchae	ṡorchae	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language