giorria

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Irish

giorria

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier girr-fhiadh, from gearr (“short”) +‎ fia(dh) (“deer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

giorria m (genitive singular giorria, nominative plural giorriacha)

  1. hare (animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus)

Declension

Declension of giorria (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative giorria giorriacha
vocative a ghiorria a ghiorriacha
genitive giorria giorriacha
dative giorria giorriacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an giorria na giorriacha
genitive an ghiorria na ngiorriacha
dative leis an ngiorria
don ghiorria 		leis na giorriacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of giorria
radical lenition eclipsis
giorria ghiorria ngiorria

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

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