gorachas

Irish

Etymology

From gorach +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

Noun

gorachas m (genitive singular gorachais)

  1. sitting or cuddling by the fire

Declension

Declension of gorachas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gorachas
vocative a ghorachais
genitive gorachais
dative gorachas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gorachas
genitive an ghorachais
dative leis an ngorachas
don ghorachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorachas
radical lenition eclipsis
gorachas ghorachas ngorachas

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 56, page 25

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “goraċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 562; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN