sorcha

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sorchae (“luminous, bright”).

Adjective

sorcha (genitive singular masculine sorcha, genitive singular feminine sorcha, plural sorcha, comparative sorcha)

  1. light, bright, clear
    Antonym: dorcha
  2. conspicuous, manifest
Declension
Declension of sorcha
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sorcha shorcha sorcha;
shorcha2
vocative shorcha sorcha
genitive sorcha sorcha sorcha
dative sorcha;
shorcha1 		shorcha sorcha;
shorcha2
Comparative níos sorcha
Superlative is sorcha

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sorchae (“light, brightness”).

Noun

sorcha f (genitive singular sorcha)

  1. brightness, light
Declension
Declension of sorcha (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative sorcha
vocative a shorcha
genitive sorcha
dative sorcha
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tsorcha
genitive na sorcha
dative leis an tsorcha
don tsorcha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sorcha
radical lenition eclipsis
sorcha shorcha
after an, tsorcha 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sorchae (“luminous, bright”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sorcha (comparative soirche)

  1. light, bright, clear
    Antonym: dorcha
  2. conspicuous, manifest

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sorcha
radical lenition
sorcha shorcha
after "an", t-sorcha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sorcha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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