corraigh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verbalization of Middle Irish corrach (rough, turbulent). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic caraich.

Verb

corraigh (present analytic corraíonn, future analytic corróidh, verbal noun corraí, corrú, past participle corraithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) move, stir
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Bhí sé bric ag dul thart san uisge, ⁊ ceann amháin i lár báire nach robh corrughadh.
      Six trout were moving about in the water, and one in the middle was not moving.
  2. (transitive) perturb
  3. (transitive) move (emotionally)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

corraigh

  1. inflection of corrach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

corraigh

  1. inflection of corrach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corraigh chorraigh gcorraigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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