corcair

== English == === Alternative forms === corkir === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish. Doublet of purple. === Noun === corcair (uncountable) A lichen that produces a purple dye. === Anagrams === Carrico == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish corcair, from Old Irish corcur; akin to Latin purpura (compare Welsh porffor), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). === Noun === corcair f (genitive singular corcra) (lichen producing) kind of purple dye ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== corcra (“purple”, adjective) corcairghorm === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corcair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corcair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language