corp

See also: corp. and Corp.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁp/

Noun

corp m (plural corps)

1. (obsolete) another name for the fish ombre

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corp, borrowed from Latin corpus.

Noun

corp m (genitive singular coirp, nominative plural coirp)

1. body
2. (sciences, mathematics) body, object

Declension

Declension of corp

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative corp coirp Vocative a choirp a chorpa Genitive coirp corp Dative corp coirp

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an corp na coirp Genitive an choirp na gcorp Dative leis an gcorp don chorp leis na coirp

Derived terms

• aolchorp (“white body”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
corp	chorp	gcorp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish corp, borrowed from Latin corpus.

Noun

corp m (genitive singular kirpey, plural kirp)

1. (human) body
2. corpse
3. (of tree) trunk
4. physique
5. (nautical) hull

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corpus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korp/

Noun

corp m (genitive coirp or cuirp, nominative plural coirp or cuirp)

1. (human) body
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13^d7

     Béoigidir in spirut in corp in fecht so.

     The spirit brings the body to life now.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^c20

     Má nudub·feil i n‑ellug coirp Críst, adib cland Abrache amal ṡodin, et it sib ata chomarpi Abracham.

     If you pl are in the union of the body of Christ, you are Abraham’s children in that case, and it is you who are Abraham’s heirs.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c25

     Nípi cían a masse in choirp.

     The beauty of the body is not long-lasting.

2. corpse
3. (Christianity) Eucharist, Communion
4. bulk, mass, main part
5. body (of text)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	corp	corpL	coirpL, cuirp
Vocative	coirp, cuirp	corpL	curpuH
Accusative	corpN	corpL	curpuH
Genitive	coirpL, cuirp	corp	corpN
Dative	curpL	corpaib	corpaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: corp
• Manx: corp
• Scottish Gaelic: corp

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
corp	chorp	corp pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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), “corp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Romanian

Picture dictionary

corp

1= cap 2= față 3= gât 4= umăr 5= piept, sân 6= buric 7= vintre, burtă 8= stinghie 9= penis 10-14= gambă, picior 11= genunchi 13= gleznă 14= picior 15-19= braț 16= cot 19= mână

Etymology

According to the Romanian etymological dictionary, borrowed from Latin corpus (through borrowing German or Russian intermediate Korpus in the 18th century and French corps later in the 19th century). The Megleno-Romanian equivalent, also corp, seems to be directly inherited from Latin, however.

Noun

corp n (plural corpuri)

1. body

Declension

Declension of corp

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corp	corpul	(niște) corpuri	corpurile
genitive/dative	(unui) corp	corpului	(unor) corpuri	corpurilor
vocative	corpule		corpurilor

Synonyms

• trup, trunchi

Related terms

• încorpora
• corporal

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin corpus.

Noun

corp m (plural corps)

1. (anatomy) body

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish corp, borrowed from Latin corpus.

Noun

corp m (genitive singular cuirp, plural cuirp)

1. body (human, animal)
2. corpse

Derived terms

• dà-chorpach (“bicorporal”)