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

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

Derived terms

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
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