occoras

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• occorus

Etymology

From od- +‎ cara +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈokəɾəs/

Noun

occoras m (genitive occarso, no plural)

1. (literary) hunger; craving; desire

Synonyms

• gortae

Related terms

• occorach

Descendants

• Irish: ocras
• Manx: accrys
• Scottish Gaelic: acras

Mutation

Mutation of occoras

radical	lenition	nasalization
occoras (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-occoras

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “occoras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language