# corrach
## English
### Noun

corrach (plural corrachs)
* Alternative form of currach (“light, rowed Irish boat”)
** 1862, University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, page 68:The corrachs, as may be supposed, drew but few feet of water.
** 1891, Mary Banim, Here and There Through Ireland, part 1, page 116:[…] the corrachs are so light, and the western fishermen are so skilful in their management, that accidents are almost unknown, and if a boatman but says it is safe to venture out with him, there is no danger whatever [...]
** 1892, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 119, page 486:So, happy at heart, he stepped into the corrach, that floated lightly on its own light shadow under the edge of the island, and he rowed it over the Dark Lake […] but the man who sat in the corrach watched for the light […]
** 1903, Country Life Illustrated, volume 13, page 544:The earliest boat, so they say in Ireland, was a raft. After that came the corrach. The pattern of the corrach drifted across to the adjacent island, where in debased form it became the coracle, which is used on the upper reaches of the Severn and elsewhere even unto this day. So also the corrach of ...
** 1920, Katharine Tynan, Denys the Dreamer, page 247:... as the corrach pulled near the shore.

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish cuirrech, currach m (“marsh, fen”). Likely related to Welsh cors (“reeds, bog, marsh”); see there for details.

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈkɔɾˠəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkʌɾˠa(x)/

#### Noun

corrach m (genitive singular corraigh, nominative plural corraigh)
* (geography) wet bog, marsh

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
corrach
corraigh
vocative
a chorraigh
a chorracha
genitive
corraigh
corrach
dative
corrach
corraigh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an corrach
na corraigh
genitive
an chorraigh
na gcorrach
dative
leis an gcorrach don chorrach
leis na corraigh :

##### Derived terms

* pónaire chorraigh (“buck-bean, bog-bean”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish corrach. By surface analysis, corr +‎ -ach.

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈkɔɾˠəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɔɾˠa(x)/

#### Adjective

corrach (genitive singular masculine corraigh, genitive singular feminine corraí, plural corracha, comparative corraí)
* uneven, unsteady; uneasy, unsettled
* projecting; angular, pointed

##### Declension

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

##### Synonyms

* (insecure): neamhdhaingean
* (erratic): taomach

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuirrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “corrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “corrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From corr (“sharp, protruding point”) +‎ -ach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkor͈əx/

### Adjective

corrach
* rough, uneven (of places, mountains, roads, etc.)
* moving, rough, restless (of water, particularly the sea)

### Mutation

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), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish corrach. By surface analysis, còrr +‎ -ach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰɔrˠəx/

### Adjective

corrach
* steep, precipitous
    Synonym: cas
* uneven
* shaky, precarious, unstable, unsteady

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Welsh
### Etymology

From cor +‎ -ach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔraχ/

### Noun

corrach m (plural corachod or corachiaid, diminutive corechyn)
* dwarf, pygmy
    Synonym: cor
* gnome
    Synonyms: dynan, pwca

#### Derived terms

* corachaidd (“dwarfish, gnome-like”)
* corachedd (“dwarfishness”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “corrach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies