giorria
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier girr-fhiadh, from gearr (“short”) + fia(dh) (“deer”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟɪɾˠiə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠiə/ (corresponding to the alternative form gearria)[1]
Noun
editgiorria m (genitive singular giorria, nominative plural giorriacha)
Declension
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- Variant plural: giorraithe
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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giorria | ghiorria | ngiorria |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giorria”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN