giorra

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish girre (“shortness”).

Noun

giorra f (genitive singular giorra)

  1. shortness
Declension
Declension of giorra (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative giorra
vocative a ghiorra
genitive giorra
dative giorra
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghiorra
genitive na giorra
dative leis an ngiorra
don ghiorra
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish girre (comparative degree of gerr (“short”)).

Adjective

giorra

  1. inflection of gearr:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of giorra
radical lenition eclipsis
giorra ghiorra ngiorra

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish girre (comparative degree of gerr (“short”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

giorra

  1. comparative degree of geàrr and goirid

Adverb

giorra

  1. comparative degree of goirid

Mutation

Mutation of giorra
radical lenition
giorra ghiorra

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

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