ocras

English

Noun

ocras

  1. plural of ocra

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.kʁa/ ~ /ɔ.kʁɑ/
  • Homophones: ocra, ocrât

Verb

ocras

  1. second-person singular past historic of ocrer

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish occoras.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ocras m (genitive singular ocrais)

  1. hunger
    Tá ocras orm.
    I’m hungry.
    (literally, “Hunger is upon me.”)
    Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras. (proverb)
    Hunger is a good sauce.
  2. poverty, scarcity; meanness, miserliness
  3. strong desire, craving

Declension

Declension of ocras (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ocras
vocative a ocrais
genitive ocrais
dative ocras
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-ocras
genitive an ocrais
dative leis an ocras
don ocras

Derived terms

  • ag siolgaireacht le hocras (“weak from hunger”)
  • bheith ar an ocras (“to live in hunger, be in want”)
  • faoi ocras (“enduring hunger”)
  • lucht ocrais (“miserable lot”)
  • ocras tar éis altaithe (“lean diet”, literally “hunger after thanksgiving”)
  • ocrasach (“hungry”)
  • ocrasán (“hungry person”)
  • ocrastúil (“hungry”, adjective)
  • ré-ocras (“peckishness”)
  • sceimhle ocrais (“raging hunger”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ocras
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ocras n-ocras hocras t-ocras

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), “occoras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 110, page 59
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 206
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 71, page 15
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 406.4, page 96
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 12

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

ocras m pl

  1. plural of ocra
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