sorcha

See also: Sorcha

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠɔɾˠəxə/

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sorcha shorcha
after an, tsorcha		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /s̪ɔɾɔxə/

Adjective

sorcha (comparative soirche)

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

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sorchashorcha
after "an", t-sorcha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sorcha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sorchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.