giorra

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish girre (“shortness”).

Noun

giorra f (genitive singular giorra)

  1. shortness
Declension
Declension of giorra (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative giorra
vocative a ghiorra
genitive giorra
dative giorra
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghiorra
genitive na giorra
dative leis an ngiorra
don ghiorra
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish girre (comparative degree of gerr (“short”)).

Adjective

giorra

  1. inflection of gearr:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of giorra
radical lenition eclipsis
giorra ghiorra ngiorra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish girre (comparative degree of gerr (“short”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈciɾˠə/

Adjective

giorra

  1. comparative degree of geàrr and goirid

Adverb

giorra

  1. comparative degree of goirid

Mutation

Mutation of giorra
radical lenition
giorra ghiorra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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