coirce

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾʲcə/

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, nominative plural coircí or coircíocha or coircíonta)

1. oats

Declension

Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coirce coircí Vocative a choirce a choircí Genitive coirce coircí Dative coirce coircí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coirce na coircí Genitive an choirce na gcoircí Dative leis an gcoirce don choirce leis na coircí

Alternative plurals

Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coirce coircíocha Vocative a choirce a choircíocha Genitive coirce coircíocha Dative coirce coircíocha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coirce na coircíocha Genitive an choirce na gcoircíocha Dative leis an gcoirce don choirce leis na coircíocha

Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coirce coircíonta Vocative a choirce a choircíonta Genitive coirce coircíonta Dative coirce coircíonta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coirce na coircíonta Genitive an choirce na gcoircíonta Dative leis an gcoirce don choirce leis na coircíonta

Derived terms

• arán coirce m (“oatbread, oatcake”)
• coirce cuaiche m (“late-sown oats”)
• coirce dubh m (“black oats”)
• coirce faoilleach m, coirce faoillí m (“early spring oats”)
• coirce fia m, coirce fiáin m, coirce móinéir m, coirce scéine m (“wild oats, oat-grass”)
• coirce gorm m (“blue-bottle”)
• coirce préacháin m (“rye-grass”)
• coirce scilligthe m (“hulled oats”)
• min choirce f (“oatmeal”)
• sruán coirce m (“oatcake”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirce	choirce	gcoirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, no plural)

1. oats

Derived terms

• aran-coirce
• coirce Innseanach
• min-choirce

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
coirce	choirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “coirce”, 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), “corca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language