giria

See also: girią and gíria

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣiɾia/

Verb

giria (infinitive kũgiria)

1. to prevent

   Gũthiĩ gũtigiragia mũndũ acoke. - To go does not prevent a person from returning.

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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Lithuanian

Etymology 1

• From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *gor-/*gir-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʷrH-. Cognates include Sanskrit गिरि (girí-, “mountain, hill”), Bulgarian гора́ (gorá, “woods”) and Polish góra (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (girià) IPA^(key): [ɡʲɪˈrʲɛ]
• (gìria) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʲɪrʲɛ]

Noun

girià f (plural gìrios) stress pattern 2

1. primeval forest

   žalia giria - a green forest

   girios paukštis - a wild bird

2. (obsolete) wilderness

Declension

Declension of girià

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	girià	gìrios
genitive (kilmininkas)	gìrios	gìrių
dative (naudininkas)	gìriai	gìrioms
accusative (galininkas)	gìrią	giriàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	girià	gìriomis
locative (vietininkas)	gìrioje	gìriose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gìria	gìrios

Synonyms

• (forest): miškas
• (wilderness): dykuma

Derived terms

• (diminutive) giraitė, girelė, giružė

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡʲɪrʲɛ]

Verb

gìria

1. third-person singular present of girti
2. third-person plural present of girti