corcairdhearg

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcurderg. By surface analysis, corcair (“purple”) +‎ dearg (“red”).

Noun

corcairdhearg m (genitive singular corcairdheirg)

  1. crimson

Declension

Declension of corcairdhearg

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative corcairdhearg
Vocative a chorcairdheirg
Genitive corcairdheirg
Dative corcairdhearg

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an corcairdhearg
Genitive an chorcairdheirg
Dative leis an gcorcairdhearg

don chorcairdhearg

Adjective

corcairdhearg (genitive singular masculine corcairdheirg, genitive singular feminine corcairdheirge, plural corcairdhearga, not comparable)

  1. crimson
    Synonym: craorag

Declension

Declension of corcairdhearg
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative corcairdhearg chorcairdhearg corcairdhearga;
chorcairdhearga²
Vocative chorcairdheirg corcairdhearga
Genitive ccorcairdheirge corcairdhearga corcairdhearg
Dative corcairdhearg;
chorcairdhearg¹ 		chorcairdhearg;
chorcairdheirg (archaic) 		corcairdhearga;
chorcairdhearga²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corcairdhearg chorcairdhearg gcorcairdhearg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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