giorria

giorria

Irish

giorria

Alternative forms

• girr-fhiadh (obsolete)
• gearria (Ulster)

Etymology

From earlier girr-fhiadh, from gearr (“short”) +‎ fia(dh) (“deer”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪɾˠiə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠiə/ (corresponding to the alternative form gearria)[1]

Noun

giorria m (genitive singular giorria, nominative plural giorriacha)

1. hare (animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus)

Declension

Declension of giorria

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giorria giorriacha Vocative a ghiorria a ghiorriacha Genitive giorria giorriacha Dative giorria giorriacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an giorria na giorriacha Genitive an ghiorria na ngiorriacha Dative leis an ngiorria don ghiorria leis na giorriacha

• Variant plural: giorraithe

Derived terms

• giorria gallda
• valbaí giorria

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giorria	ghiorria	ngiorria
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “giorria”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN