giorria

Irish
giorria

Alternative forms
  • gearrfhiadh (obsolete)
  • 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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Declension
Declension of giorria

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) giorriacha
Vocative a ghiorria a ghiorriacha
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) giorriacha
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) giorriacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) na giorriacha
Genitive an ghiorria na ngiorriacha
Dative leis an ngiorria

don ghiorria

 leis na giorriacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Further reading
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