corcach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish corcach, from Proto-Celtic *kork-, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“dark color”), see also Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), Proto-Germanic *herzną. === Noun === corcach f (genitive singular corcaí, nominative plural corcacha) marsh, swamp ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== riasc, seascann, eanach ==== Derived terms ==== Corcaigh ==== Descendants ==== → English: corcass === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “corcaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 248; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN