giorracht
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɲɪˈɾˠɑxt̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɲɪɾˠəxt̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɲɪɾˠa(x)t̪ˠ/
Noun
[edit]giorracht f (genitive singular giorrachta)
Declension
[edit]Declension of giorracht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- a fhad is a ghiorracht (“the entire thing, the long and the short of it”)
- i ngiorracht (“within (a distance)”)
- in aon ghiorracht (“anywhere near”)
- téigh i ngiorracht (“become shorter”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
giorracht | ghiorracht | ngiorracht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “giorracht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giorraċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 363
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giorracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43