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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔːɹkə/, /ˈsɔːɹʃə/
Proper noun
Sorcha
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sorcha f (genitive Shorcha)
- a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah
See also
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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Sorcha
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Shorcha after an, tSorcha
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “Sorcha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sorcha
- a female given name from Scottish Gaelic sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sorcha f (vocative a Shorcha)
- a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah
See also
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Sorcha |
Shorcha after "an", t-Sorcha
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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