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Where does “sorcha” come from?

sorcha (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish sorchae — bright, luminous.

sorcha (Scottish Gaelic): light, bright, clear; conspicuous, manifest

Definitions

  1. light, bright, clear; conspicuous, manifest

Ancestry of “sorcha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsorchaebright, luminous

Words derived from “sorcha”

  • Sorcha
  • Sorcha
  • sorchaich
  • Sorcha
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