corcra

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish corcra, attributive genitive of corcair (“purple”); akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Adjective

corcra

1. purple

Declension

Declension of corcra

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	corcra	chorcra	corcra; chorcra2
vocative	chorcra		corcra
genitive		corcra	corcra	corcra
dative	corcra; chorcra1	chorcra	corcra; chorcra2
Comparative	níos corcra
Superlative	is corcra

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

Alternative forms

• corcardha
• corcrach

Derived terms

• an galar corcra (“purpura”)
• corcra dorcha, dúchorcra (“aubergine”) (colour)
• corcraigh (“purple; crimson, bloody”, verb)
• croí corcra (“purple heart”)
• scothchorcra (“purplish”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

corcra f sg

1. genitive singular of corcair

Mutation

Mutated forms of corcra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
corcra	chorcra	gcorcra

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corcair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corcra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “purple”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025