Cormac
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.
Proper noun
Cormac
- A male given name from Irish.
- 2018 October 10, Keza MacDonald, “Red Dead Redemption 2: three hours with the most anticipated game of the year”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- comcar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Cormac, older Corbmac (see the Old Irish entry).
Proper noun
Cormac m (genitive Chormaic)
- a male given name from Old Irish
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Cormac | Chormac | gCormac |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older Corbmac, from corb (apparently meaning “chariot”, but found only in glossaries) + macc (“son”). For the first element see carbad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ.mək/
- (Blasse) [ˈkoɾ.mak]
- (Griffith) [ˈkoɾ.mək]
Proper noun
Cormac m
- a male given name
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cormac | — | — |
| vocative | Cormaic | — | — |
| accusative | CormacN | — | — |
| genitive | CormaicL | — | — |
| dative | CormacL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Cormac | Chormac | Cormac pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.