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corcra

purple

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"corcra" means "purple" in Irish (adjective). Mutation forms: Séimhiú → chorcra, Urú → gcorcra.

Mutation forms

In Irish, the first letter of "corcra" changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formcorcra
Séimhiúchorcra
Urúgcorcra

"corcra" in context

Is maith le mo dheartháir an dath corcra.

My brother likes the color purple.

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Further reading

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