coronach

See also: corónach

English

Alternative forms

coranach, coranich, corrinoch, corronach, cronach

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic corranach and Irish corānach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɒɹənək/, /kɒɹənəx/

Noun

coronach (plural coronachs)

(historical, Scotland, Ireland) dirge, lamentation
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXX, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 311 footnote:
  [A] hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.

Usage notes

Used for funeral songs in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland.

Synonyms

ullaloo

Translations

dirge, lamentation

Finnish: surulaulu, valitusvirsi (fi)
French: coronach (fr)
Scottish Gaelic: corranach m

Anagrams

coanchor

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