goraille

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goraille	ghoraille	ngoraille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goraille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN