goradh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gorad.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠə/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾʲuː/[3] (as if spelled goireadh)

Noun

goradh m (genitive singular gortha)

  1. verbal noun of gor (“to heat, warm”)
  2. gestation
  3. incubation

Declension

Declension of goradh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative goradh
vocative a ghoradh
genitive gortha
dative goradh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an goradh
genitive an ghortha
dative leis an ngoradh
don ghoradh

Verb

goradh

  1. inflection of gor:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of goradh
radical lenition eclipsis
goradh ghoradh ngoradh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gorad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 128
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 24, page 13

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