currach
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Irish curach, corrach, from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
currach (plural currachs)
- (nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 53:
- Some days he went out in the currach with her father and her brothers, out past Blue Island and Inishlackan, where the mackerel and sea salmon were fat as piglets.
Irish
Noun
currach f (genitive singular curraí, nominative plural curracha)
- Alternative spelling of curach
Declension
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| currach | churrach | gcurrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.