# corr
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Romani koor (“to fight”).

### Noun

corr (plural corrs)
* (UK, slang) A fight.

### Further reading

* Eric Partridge (2005) “corr”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 485.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /kəuɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /kɔɾˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish corr (“protruding, pointed”), from Proto-Celtic *kurros (“pointed, angled”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“bend, curve”), if the development were similar to *kew-ro- >> *ku-ro- >> Proto-Celtic *kur-so- >> *kurros (“pointed, angled”); see also Latin curvus. Cognate with Welsh cwr (“corner, edge”).

#### Noun

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)
* projecting point
* angle, edge
* hollow, pit
* rounded hill, hump

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
corr
corra
vocative
a chorr
a chorra
genitive
coirre
corr
dative
corr
corra
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chorr
na corra
genitive
na coirre
na gcorr
dative
leis an gcorr don chorr
leis na corra :

##### Derived terms

* corr shúgáin
* corr chasta
* corradh

#### Adjective

corr (genitive singular masculine corr, genitive singular feminine coirre, plural corra, comparative coirre)
* odd
* tapering, pointed
* round, curved

##### Declension

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

##### Derived terms

* cluiche corr
* corr-
* corrán (“sickle”)
* duine corr
* éan corr (“crank, eccentric”)
* tomhas corr (“bastard size”)
* uimhir chorr (“odd number”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish corr, from Proto-Celtic *korxsā (compare Welsh crychydd (“heron”)). Ultimately onomatopoeic in origin; possibly related to cearc (“hen”).

#### Noun

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)
* heron
* (specifically) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
    Synonyms: corr ghlas, corr réisc, corr riasc
* crane, stork
* (figuratively) long-necked person

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
corr
corra
vocative
a chorr
a chorra
genitive
coirre
corr
dative
corr
corra
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chorr
na corra
genitive
na coirre
na gcorr
dative
leis an gcorr don chorr
leis na corra :

##### Derived terms

* corr bhán (“white stork”)
* corr ghlas
* corr leitheadach (“spoonbill”)
* corr mhara (“nestling of gannet”)
* corr mhóna (“crane”)
* corr réisc
* corr riasc

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

corr f (genitive singular coirre, nominative plural corra)
* sand lance
    Synonyms: corr ghainimh, corr ghobach, corr shéanta

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
corr
corra
vocative
a chorr
a chorra
genitive
coirre
corr
dative
corr
corra
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chorr
na corra
genitive
na coirre
na gcorr
dative
leis an gcorr don chorr
leis na corra :

##### Derived terms

* corr charraige (“rock-eel”)
* corr ghainimh
* corr ghobach
* corr shéanta
* corr uaine (“garfish”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kurro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 230