corr

Borrowed from Romani koor (“to fight”).

corr (plural corrs)

1. (UK, slang) A fight.

• Eric Partridge (2005) “corr”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 485.

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /kəuɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɔɾˠ/

From Middle Irish corr (“protruding, pointed”), from Proto-Celtic *kurros (“pointed, angled”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“bend, curve”), if the development were similar to *kew-ro- >> *ku-ro- >> Proto-Celtic *kur-so- >> *kurros (“pointed, angled”); see also Latin curvus. Cognate with Welsh cwr (“corner, edge”).

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)

1. projecting point
2. angle, edge
3. hollow, pit
4. rounded hill, hump

• corr shúgáin
• corr chasta
• corradh

corr (genitive singular masculine corr, genitive singular feminine coirre, plural corra, comparative coirre)

1. odd
2. tapering, pointed
3. round, curved

From Middle Irish corr, from Proto-Celtic *korxsā (compare Welsh crychydd (“heron”)). Ultimately onomatopoeic in origin; possibly related to cearc (“hen”).

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)

1. heron
2. (specifically) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

   Synonyms: corr ghlas, corr réisc, corr riasc

3. crane, stork
4. (figuratively) long-necked person

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corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)

1. sand lance

   Synonyms: corr ghainimh, corr ghobach, corr shéanta