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

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 Superseded spelling of górach.
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