giorracht

Irish

Alternative forms

gearracht, gioracht, giorrachd (obsolete)

Etymology

From giorra +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɲɪˈɾˠɑxt̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɲɪɾˠəxt̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɲɪɾˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

giorracht f (genitive singular giorrachta)

shortness, brevity
Synonyms: gairide, giorra
nearness, closeness
Synonym: gaireacht

Declension

Declension of giorracht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	giorracht
Vocative	a ghiorracht
Genitive	giorrachta
Dative	giorracht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an ghiorracht
Genitive	na giorrachta
Dative	leis an ngiorracht don ghiorracht

Derived terms

a fhad is a ghiorracht (“the entire thing, the long and the short of it”)
i ngiorracht (“within (a distance)”)
in aon ghiorracht (“anywhere near”)
téigh i ngiorracht (“become shorter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giorracht	ghiorracht	ngiorracht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“giorracht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giorraċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 363
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giorracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43

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