giúrann

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish giugran.[2] Compare Scottish Gaelic giùran.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɟuːɾˠən̪ˠəx/[3] (corresponding to the form giúrannach, an adjective in the standard language)

Noun

giúrann m (genitive singular giúrainn, nominative plural giúrainn)

  1. barnacle (crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia)
  2. shipworm (mollusk of the genus Teredo)
    Synonyms: rincs, gríorac
  3. barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis

Declension

Declension of giúrann (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative giúrann giúrainn
vocative a ghiúrainn a ghiúranna
genitive giúrainn giúrann
dative giúrann giúrainn
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an giúrann na giúrainn
genitive an ghiúrainn na ngiúrann
dative leis an ngiúrann
don ghiúrann 		leis na giúrainn

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of giúrann
radical lenition eclipsis
giúrann ghiúrann ngiúrann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “giúrann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gigrann, giugrann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136

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