curach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish curach,[1] from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”) (from which also Welsh corwg (“coracle”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koro- (“leather”) (from which also Latin corium).

Pronunciation

Noun

curach f (genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curacha)

  1. currach, coracle

Declension

Declension of curach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative curach curacha
vocative a churach a churacha
genitive curaí curach
dative curach
curaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		curacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an churach na curacha
genitive na curaí na gcurach
dative leis an gcurach
leis an gcuraigh (archaic, dialectal)
don churach
don churaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na curacha

Derived terms

  • curach chaol
  • curachán

Descendants

  • → English: currach
  • →⇒ Yola: currachy

Mutation

Mutated forms of curach
radical lenition eclipsis
curach churach gcurach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 curach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 161
  3. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 69.7, page 26; reprinted 1979

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “curaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 297; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “curach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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