žirafa

See also: Zirafa, Žirafa, and żirafa

Czech

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
    Classical Persian سرنا
    Proto-Indo-European *ped-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
    Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
    Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
    Classical Persian پَا (pā)
    Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
    Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
    Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
    Italian giraffabor.
    Czech žirafa

    Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪrafa]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -afa
    • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

    Noun

    žirafa f (relational adjective žirafí, diminutive žirafečka)

    1. giraffe (mammal)

    Declension

    Declension of žirafa (hard feminine)
    singular plural
    nominative žirafa žirafy
    genitive žirafy žiraf
    dative žirafě žirafám
    accusative žirafu žirafy
    vocative žirafo žirafy
    locative žirafě žirafách
    instrumental žirafou žirafami

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Ingrian

    Etymology

    From Russian жираф (žiraf).

    Pronunciation

    • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑfɑ/, [ˈʒirɑf]
    • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑːfɑ/, [ˈʃirˑɑːfɑ]
    • Rhymes: -irɑf, -irɑːfɑ
    • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

    Noun

    žirafa

    1. giraffe
      • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:
        Ƶirafa - ono varin Afrikan elokas (kuva 41).
        The giraffe - it's an animal of the warm Africa (image 41).

    Declension

    Declension of žirafa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative žirafa žirafat
    genitive žirafan žirafoin
    partitive žirafaa žirafoja
    illative žirafaa žirafoihe
    inessive žirafaas žirafois
    elative žirafast žirafoist
    allative žirafalle žirafoille
    adessive žirafaal žirafoil
    ablative žirafalt žirafoilt
    translative žirafaks žirafoiks
    essive žirafanna, žirafaan žirafoinna, žirafoin
    exessive1) žirafant žirafoint
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

    Lithuanian

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
      Classical Persian سرنا
      Proto-Indo-European *ped-
      Proto-Indo-European *-s
      Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
      Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
      Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
      Classical Persian پَا (pā)
      Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
      Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
      Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
      Italian giraffabor.
      Lithuanian žirafa

      Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ʒʲɪrɐˈfɐ]
      • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

      Noun

      žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2

      1. giraffe (mammal)

      Declension

      Declension of žirafà
      singular
      (vienaskaita)       		plural
      (daugiskaita)
      nominative (vardininkas) žirafà žirãfos
      genitive (kilmininkas) žirãfos žirãfų
      dative (naudininkas) žirãfai žirãfoms
      accusative (galininkas) žirãfą žirafàs
      instrumental (įnagininkas) žirafà žirãfomis
      locative (vietininkas) žirãfoje žirãfose
      vocative (šauksmininkas) žirãfa žirãfos

      Derived terms

      • žirafiùkas

      Further reading

      • “žirafa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
      • “žirafa”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
      • “žirafa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
        Classical Persian سرنا
        Proto-Indo-European *ped-
        Proto-Indo-European *-s
        Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
        Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
        Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
        Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
        Classical Persian پَا (pā)
        Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
        Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
        Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
        Italian giraffabor.
        Serbo-Croatian žirafa

        Noun

        žiràfa f (Cyrillic spelling жира̀фа)

        1. giraffe (mammal)

        Declension

        Declension of žirafa
        singular plural
        nominative žiràfa žirafe
        genitive žirafe žiráfā
        dative žirafi žirafama
        accusative žirafu žirafe
        vocative žirafo žirafe
        locative žirafi žirafama
        instrumental žirafom žirafama

        Slovak

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ˈʒirafa]
        • Audio:(file)

        Noun

        žirafa f (relational adjective žirafí)

        1. giraffe (mammal)

        Declension

        Declension of žirafa
        (pattern žena)
        singularplural
        nominativežirafažirafy
        genitivežirafyžiráf
        dativežirafežirafám
        accusativežirafužirafy
        locativežirafežirafách
        instrumentalžirafoužirafami

        Further reading

        • “žirafa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

        Slovene

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ʒiráːfa/
        • Audio:(file)

        Noun

        žirȃfa f

        1. giraffe (mammal)

        Declension

        The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
        Feminine, a-stem
        nom. sing. žiráfa
        gen. sing. žiráfe
        singular dual plural
        nominative
        (imenovȃlnik)         		žiráfa žiráfi žiráfe
        genitive
        (rodȋlnik)         		žiráfe žiráf žiráf
        dative
        (dajȃlnik)         		žiráfi žiráfama žiráfam
        accusative
        (tožȋlnik)         		žiráfo žiráfi žiráfe
        locative
        (mẹ̑stnik)         		žiráfi žiráfah žiráfah
        instrumental
        (orọ̑dnik)         		žiráfo žiráfama žiráfami

        Further reading

        • “žirafa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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