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See also: Sorcha
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish sorchae (“luminous, bright”).
Adjective
[edit]sorcha (genitive singular masculine sorcha, genitive singular feminine sorcha, plural sorcha, comparative sorcha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sorcha
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sorcha | shorcha | sorcha; shorcha² | |
Vocative | shorcha | sorcha | ||
Genitive | sorcha | sorcha | sorcha | |
Dative | sorcha; shorcha¹ |
shorcha | sorcha; shorcha² | |
Comparative | níos sorcha | |||
Superlative | is sorcha |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Irish sorchae (“light, brightness”).
Noun
[edit]sorcha f (genitive singular sorcha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sorcha
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sorcha | shorcha after an, tsorcha |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sorcha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sorċa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 675
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish sorchae (“luminous, bright”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sorcha (comparative soirche)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sorcha | shorcha after "an", t-sorcha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “sorcha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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