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)

1. shortness, brevity

   Synonyms: gairide, giorra

2. 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