corcair

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish. Doublet of purple.

Noun

corcair (uncountable)

  1. A lichen that produces a purple dye.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

corcair f (genitive singular corcra)

  1. (lichen producing) kind of purple dye

Declension

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corcair chorcair gcorcair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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