жырафа

Belarusian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian سرنا

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafeder.

Belarusian жырафа (žyrafa)

Ultimately from French girafe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐɨˈrafa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Hyphenation: жы‧ра‧фа

Noun

жыра́фа • (žyráfa) f animal (genitive жыра́фы, nominative plural жыра́фы, genitive plural жыра́ф, relational adjective жыра́фавы)

1. giraffe

Declension

Declension of жыра́фа (anml hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	жыра́фа žyráfa	жыра́фы žyráfy
genitive	жыра́фы žyráfy	жыра́ф žyráf
dative	жыра́фе žyráfje	жыра́фам žyráfam
accusative	жыра́фу žyráfu	жыра́ф žyráf
instrumental	жыра́фай, жыра́фаю žyráfaj, žyráfaju	жыра́фамі žyráfami
locative	жыра́фе žyráfje	жыра́фах žyráfax
count form	—	жыра́фы1 žyráfy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “жырафа”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “жырафа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org