corcairghorm

Irish

Alternative forms
  • corcarghorm

Etymology

From corcair +‎ gorm.

Noun

corcairghorm m (genitive singular corcairghoirm)

  1. violet (color)
    Synonym: vialait

Declension
Declension of corcairghorm

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative corcairghorm
Vocative a chorcairghoirm
Genitive corcairghoirm
Dative corcairghorm

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an corcairghorm
Genitive an chorcairghoirm
Dative leis an gcorcairghorm

don chorcairghorm

Adjective

corcairghorm (genitive singular masculine corcairghoirm, genitive singular feminine corcairghoirme, plural corcairghorma, not comparable)

  1. violet (having a bluish-purple color)
    Synonym: vialait

Declension
Declension of corcairghorm
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative corcairghorm chorcairghorm corcairghorma;
chorcairghorma²
Vocative chorcairghoirm corcairghorma
Genitive corcairghoirme corcairghorma corcairghorm
Dative corcairghorm;
chorcairghorm¹		 chorcairghorm;
chorcairghoirm (archaic)		 corcairghorma;
chorcairghorma²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

See also
Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corcairghorm chorcairghorm gcorcairghorm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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