goraí

See also: gorai and góraí

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

goraí m (genitive singular goraí, nominative plural goraithe)

  1. hatching hen
  2. brooding, restless, impatient, person
Declension
Declension of goraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative goraí goraithe
Vocative a ghoraí a ghoraithe
Genitive goraí goraithe
Dative goraí goraithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an goraí na goraithe
Genitive an ghoraí na ngoraithe
Dative leis an ngoraí

don ghoraí

 leis na goraithe
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

goraí

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

Etymology 3

See goraí1.

Noun

goraí f (genitive singular goraí)

  1. Synonym of goraíocht (“brooding, hatching; broodiness; restlessness, impatience”)
Declension
Declension of goraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative goraí
Vocative a ghoraí
Genitive goraí
Dative goraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghoraí
Genitive na goraí
Dative leis an ngoraí

don ghoraí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goraí ghoraí ngoraí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “fidget”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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