ocrach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish occorach (“hungry”) (compare occoras (“craving; desire, need”), modern ocras (“hunger”)).

Adjective

ocrach (genitive singular masculine ocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine ocraí, plural ocracha, comparative ocraí)

  1. hungry
    Synonym: ocrastúil
    1. marked by, inducing, hunger
    2. poor, barren
    3. poverty-stricken
    4. mean, miserly
    Synonym: ocrastúil

Declension
Declension of ocrach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ocrach ocrach ocracha
Vocative ocraigh ocracha
Genitive ocraí ocracha ocrach
Dative ocrach ocrach;
ocraigh (archaic)		 ocracha
Comparative níos ocraí
Superlative is ocraí

Derived terms
  • ocrachán m (“hungry person; miserly person”)

Noun

ocrach m (genitive singular ocraigh, nominative plural ocraigh)

  1. hungry person
    Synonym: ocrachán

Declension
Declension of ocrach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ocrach ocraigh
Vocative a ocraigh a ocracha
Genitive ocraigh ocrach
Dative ocrach ocraigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ocrach na hocraigh
Genitive an ocraigh na n-ocrach
Dative leis an ocrach

don ocrach

 leis na hocraigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ocrach n-ocrach hocrach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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