gorachas

Irish

Etymology

From gorach +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠəxəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌɾˠaxəsˠ/

Noun

gorachas m (genitive singular gorachais)

1. sitting or cuddling by the fire

Declension

Declension of gorachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gorachas Vocative a ghorachais Genitive gorachais Dative gorachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gorachas Genitive an ghorachais Dative leis an ngorachas don ghorachas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gorachas	ghorachas	ngorachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN