coirce

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, nominative plural coircí or coircíocha or coircíonta)

oats

Declension

Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coirce	coircí
Vocative	a choirce	a choircí
Genitive	coirce	coircí
Dative	coirce	coircí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an coirce	na coircí
Genitive	an choirce	na gcoircí
Dative	leis an gcoirce don choirce	leis na coircí

Alternative plurals

Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coirce	coircíocha
Vocative	a choirce	a choircíocha
Genitive	coirce	coircíocha
Dative	coirce	coircíocha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an coirce	na coircíocha
Genitive	an choirce	na gcoircíocha
Dative	leis an gcoirce don choirce	leis na coircíocha

Declension of coirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coirce	coircíonta
Vocative	a choirce	a choircíonta
Genitive	coirce	coircíonta
Dative	coirce	coircíonta

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an coirce	na coircíonta
Genitive	an choirce	na gcoircíonta
Dative	leis an gcoirce don choirce	leis na coircíonta

Derived terms

Terms derived from coirce

arán coirce m (“oatbread, oatcake”)
coirce cuaiche m (“late-sown oats”)
coirce dubh m (“black oats”)
coirce faoilleach m, coirce faoillí m (“early spring oats”)

coirce fia m, coirce fiáin m, coirce móinéir m, coirce scéine m (“wild oats, oat-grass”)
coirce gorm m (“blue-bottle”)
coirce préacháin m (“rye-grass”)

coirce scilligthe m (“hulled oats”)
min choirce f (“oatmeal”)
sruán coirce m (“oatcake”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirce	choirce	gcoirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"coirce" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“corca” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish corca, from Proto-Celtic *korkyom (compare Welsh ceirch, Cornish kergh, Breton kerc'h), from Proto-Indo-European *kokro- (compare dialectal Swedish hagre, Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus)).

Noun

coirce m (genitive singular coirce, no plural)

oats

Derived terms

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“corca” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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