goraille

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Noun

goraille m (genitive singular goraille, nominative plural goraillí)

  1. gorilla

Declension

Declension of goraille (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative goraille goraillí
vocative a ghoraille a ghoraillí
genitive goraille goraillí
dative goraille goraillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an goraille na goraillí
genitive an ghoraille na ngoraillí
dative leis an ngoraille
don ghoraille 		leis na goraillí

Mutation

Mutated forms of goraille
radical lenition eclipsis
goraille ghoraille ngoraille

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

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