giorracht
Irish
Alternative forms
- gearracht, gioracht, giorrachd (obsolete)
Etymology
From giorra + -acht.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɲɪˈɾˠɑxt̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɲɪɾˠəxt̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɲɪɾˠa(x)t̪ˠ/
Noun
giorracht f (genitive singular giorrachta)
- shortness, brevity
- Synonyms: gairide, giorra
- nearness, closeness
- Synonym: gaireacht
Declension
Declension of giorracht
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Derived terms
- 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
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
- “giorracht” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “giorraċt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 363.
- "giorracht" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43