Sorcha
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).
Pronunciation
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
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Sorcha | Shorcha after an, tSorcha |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sorcha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
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
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| Sorcha | Shorcha after "an", t-Sorcha |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh