žirafa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɪrafa/

Noun

žirafa f

1. giraffe (mammal)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	žirafa	žirafy
genitive	žirafy	žiraf
dative	žirafě	žirafám
accusative	žirafu	žirafy
vocative	žirafo	žirafy
locative	žirafě	žirafách
instrumental	žirafou	žirafami

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Lithuanian

Noun

žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2

1. giraffe

Declension

declension of žirafa

	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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

žiràfa f (Cyrillic spelling жира̀фа)

1. giraffe (mammal)

Declension

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

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Slovak

Etymology

From Turkish zürafa, from Arabic زَرَافَة‎ (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒirafa/

Noun

žirafa f (genitive singular žirafy, nominative plural žirafy, genitive plural žiráf, declension pattern of žena)

1. giraffe (mammal)

Declension

Declension of žirafa

	singular	plural
nominative	žirafa	žirafy
genitive	žirafy	žiráf
dative	žirafe	žirafám
accusative	žirafu	žirafy
locative	žirafe	žirafách
instrumental	žirafou	žirafami

Derived terms

• žirafí

Further reading

• žirafa in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiráːfa/

Noun

žirȃfa f

1. giraffe (mammal)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	žiráfa
gen. sing.	žiráfe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	žiráfa	žiráfi	žiráfe
accusative	žiráfo	žiráfi	žiráfe
genitive	žiráfe	žiráf	žiráf
dative	žiráfi	žiráfama	žiráfam
locative	žiráfi	žiráfah	žiráfah
instrumental	žiráfo	žiráfama	žiráfami