corcair

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish. Doublet of purple.

Noun

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corcair (uncountable)

  1. A lichen that produces a purple dye.

Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

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corcair f (genitive singular corcra)

  1. (lichen producing) kind of purple dye

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corcair chorcair gcorcair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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