žirafa

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See also: Zirafa, Žirafa, and żirafa

Czech

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
    Classical Persian سرنا
    Proto-Indo-European *ped-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
    Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
    Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
    Classical Persian پَا (pā)
    Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
    Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
    Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
    Italian giraffabor.
    Czech žirafa

    Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -afa
    • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

    Noun

    žirafa f (related adjective žirafí, diminutive žirafečka)

    1. giraffe (mammal)

    Declension

    Declension of žirafa (hard feminine)
    singular plural
    nominative žirafa žirafy
    genitive žirafy žiraf
    dative žirafě žirafám
    accusative žirafu žirafy
    vocative žirafo žirafy
    locative žirafě žirafách
    instrumental žirafou žirafami

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “žirafa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
    • “žirafa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
    • “žirafa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

    Ingrian

    Žirafa.

    Etymology

    From Russian жираф (žiraf).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    žirafa

    1. giraffe
      • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:
        Ƶirafa - ono varin Afrikan elokas (kuva 41).
        The giraffe - it's an animal of the warm Africa (image 41).

    Declension

    Declension of žirafa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative žirafa žirafat
    genitive žirafan žirafoin
    partitive žirafaa žirafoja
    illative žirafaa žirafoihe
    inessive žirafaas žirafois
    elative žirafast žirafoist
    allative žirafalle žirafoille
    adessive žirafaal žirafoil
    ablative žirafalt žirafoilt
    translative žirafaks žirafoiks
    essive žirafanna, žirafaan žirafoinna, žirafoin
    exessive1) žirafant žirafoint
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

    Lithuanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

    Noun

    žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2

    1. giraffe

    Declension

    Declension of žirafà
    singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
    nominative (vardininkas) žirafà žirãfos
    genitive (kilmininkas) žirãfos žirãfų
    dative (naudininkas) žirãfai žirãfoms
    accusative (galininkas) žirãfą žirafàs
    instrumental (įnagininkas) žirafà žirãfomis
    locative (vietininkas) žirãfoje žirãfose
    vocative (šauksmininkas) žirãfa žirãfos

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
      Classical Persian سرنا
      Proto-Indo-European *ped-
      Proto-Indo-European *-s
      Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
      Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
      Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
      Classical Persian پَا (pā)
      Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
      Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
      Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
      Italian giraffabor.
      Serbo-Croatian žirafa

      Noun

      žiràfa f (Cyrillic spelling жира̀фа)

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Declension

      Declension of žirafa
      singular plural
      nominative žiràfa žirafe
      genitive žirafe žiráfā
      dative žirafi žirafama
      accusative žirafu žirafe
      vocative žirafo žirafe
      locative žirafi žirafama
      instrumental žirafom žirafama

      Slovak

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      Etymology

      Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      žirafa f (related adjective žirafí)

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Declension

      Declension of žirafa
      singular plural
      nominative žirafa žirafy
      genitive žirafy žiráf
      dative žirafe žirafám
      accusative žirafu žirafy
      locative žirafe žirafách
      instrumental žirafou žirafami

      Further reading

      • “žirafa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

      Slovene

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      žirȃfa f

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Inflection

      		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
      Feminine, a-stem
      nom. sing. žiráfa
      gen. sing. žiráfe
      singular dual plural
      nominative
      (imenovȃlnik)       		žiráfa žiráfi žiráfe
      genitive
      (rodȋlnik)       		žiráfe žiráf žiráf
      dative
      (dajȃlnik)       		žiráfi žiráfama žiráfam
      accusative
      (tožȋlnik)       		žiráfo žiráfi žiráfe
      locative
      (mẹ̑stnik)       		žiráfi žiráfah žiráfah
      instrumental
      (orọ̑dnik)       		žiráfo žiráfama žiráfami

      Further reading

      • “žirafa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
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