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žirafa

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See also: Zirafa, Žirafa, and żirafa

Czech

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪrafa]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -afa
    • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

    Noun

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    žirafa f (relational adjective žirafí, diminutive žirafečka)

    1. giraffe (mammal)

    Declension

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    Further reading

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    Ingrian

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    Žirafa.

    Etymology

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    From Russian жираф (žiraf).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    žirafa

    1. giraffe
      • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:
        Ƶirafa - ono varin Afrikan elokas (kuva 41).
        The giraffe - it's an animal of the warm Africa (image 41).

    Declension

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    Declension of žirafa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative žirafa žirafat
    genitive žirafan žirafoin
    partitive žirafaa žirafoja
    illative žirafaa žirafoihe
    inessive žirafaas žirafois
    elative žirafast žirafoist
    allative žirafalle žirafoille
    adessive žirafaal žirafoil
    ablative žirafalt žirafoilt
    translative žirafaks žirafoiks
    essive žirafanna, žirafaan žirafoinna, žirafoin
    exessive1) žirafant žirafoint
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

    Lithuanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

    Noun

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    žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2

    1. giraffe

    Declension

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    Declension of žirafà
    singular
    (vienaskaita)
    plural
    (daugiskaita)
    nominative (vardininkas) žirafà žirãfos
    genitive (kilmininkas) žirãfos žirãfų
    dative (naudininkas) žirãfai žirãfoms
    accusative (galininkas) žirãfą žirafàs
    instrumental (įnagininkas) žirafà žirãfomis
    locative (vietininkas) žirãfoje žirãfose
    vocative (šauksmininkas) žirãfa žirãfos

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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      Noun

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      žiràfa f (Cyrillic spelling жира̀фа)

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Declension

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      Declension of žirafa
      singular plural
      nominative žiràfa žirafe
      genitive žirafe žiráfā
      dative žirafi žirafama
      accusative žirafu žirafe
      vocative žirafo žirafe
      locative žirafi žirafama
      instrumental žirafom žirafama

      Slovak

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      žirafa f (relational adjective žirafí)

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Declension

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      Declension of žirafa
      (pattern žena)
      singularplural
      nominativežirafažirafy
      genitivežirafyžiráf
      dativežirafežirafám
      accusativežirafužirafy
      locativežirafežirafách
      instrumentalžirafoužirafami

      Further reading

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      • žirafa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

      Slovene

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      žirȃfa f

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Declension

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      The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
      Feminine, a-stem
      nom. sing. žiráfa
      gen. sing. žiráfe
      singular dual plural
      nominative
      (imenovȃlnik)
      žiráfa žiráfi žiráfe
      genitive
      (rodȋlnik)
      žiráfe žiráf žiráf
      dative
      (dajȃlnik)
      žiráfi žiráfama žiráfam
      accusative
      (tožȋlnik)
      žiráfo žiráfi žiráfe
      locative
      (mẹ̑stnik)
      žiráfi žiráfah žiráfah
      instrumental
      (orọ̑dnik)
      žiráfo žiráfama žiráfami

      Further reading

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      • žirafa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025