žirafa
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Žirafa.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
žirafa f
- giraffe (mammal)
Declension
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian жираф (žiraf).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑfɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑːfɑ/,
- Rhymes: -irɑf, -irɑːfɑ
- Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa
Noun
žirafa
- 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
Noun
žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2
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
Noun
žiràfa f (Cyrillic spelling жира̀фа)
- giraffe (mammal)
Declension
Declension of žirafa
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Turkish zürafa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).
Pronunciation
Noun
žirafa f (genitive singular žirafy, nominative plural žirafy, genitive plural žiráf, declension pattern of žena)
- giraffe (mammal)
Declension
Declension of žirafa
Derived terms
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, 2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
žirȃfa f
- giraffe (mammal)
Inflection
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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, portal Fran