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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish curach, from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”) (from which also Welsh corwg (“coracle”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”) (from which also Latin corium).
Pronunciation
Noun
curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)
- currach, coracle
Declension
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Descendants
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| curach
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churach
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gcurach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 curach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “curaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 161
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “curach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN