gorach

See also: górach and gòrach

Irish

Etymology

From gor +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌɾˠa(x)/

Adjective

gorach (genitive singular masculine goraigh, genitive singular feminine goraí, plural goracha, comparative goraí)

1. inflamed
2. heated

Declension

Declension of gorach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gorach	ghorach	goracha; ghoracha²
Vocative	ghoraigh		goracha
Genitive		goraí	goracha	gorach
Dative	gorach; ghorach¹	ghorach; ghoraigh (archaic)	goracha; ghoracha²
Comparative	níos goraí
Superlative	is goraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• gorachas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gorach	ghorach	ngorach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gorach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gorach

1. Superseded spelling of górach.