goradh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gorad.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾʲu/ (as if spelled goireadh)[1]

Noun

goradh m (genitive singular gortha)

  1. verbal noun of gor (“to heat, warm”)
  2. gestation
  3. incubation

Declension
Declension of goradh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative goradh
Vocative a ghoradh
Genitive gortha
Dative goradh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an goradh
Genitive an ghortha
Dative leis an ngoradh

don ghoradh

Verb

goradh

  1. inflection of gor:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Further reading
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