corr (plural corrs)
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)
corr (genitive singular masculine corr, genitive singular feminine coirre, plural corra, comparative coirre)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | corr | chorr | corra; chorra² | |
| Vocative | chorr | corra | ||
| Genitive | coirre | corra | corr | |
| Dative | corr; chorr¹ |
chorr | corra; chorra² | |
| Comparative | níos coirre | |||
| Superlative | is coirre | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
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)
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corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| corr | chorr | gcorr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||