korrigan
See also: Korrigan
Englisch
Etymology
Borrowed from Breton korrigan, from korr (“dwarf”) + -ig (diminutive suffix) + -an (hypocoristic suffix)
Pronunciation
Nomen
korrigan (plural korrigans)
- A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
- 1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 9:
- A continental Celtic female fairy called a corrigan, malevolent, sometimes seductive.
Breton
Etymology
From korr (“dwarf”) + -ig (diminutive suffix) + -an (hypocoristic suffix)
Nomen
korrigan m (plural korriganed)
Derived terms
Inflection
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Mutation of korrigan
| Breton consonant mutation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
| singular | korrigan | gorrigan | c'horrigan | unchanged |
| plural | korriganed | gorriganed | c'horriganed | unchanged |
French
Pronunciation
Nomen
korrigan m (plural korrigans, feminine korrigane)
Further reading
- “korrigan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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