giotár

See also: giotàr

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English guitar, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɟɪˈt̪ˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɪˈt̪ˠaːɾˠ/

Noun

giotár m (genitive singular giotáir, nominative plural giotáir)

1. guitar

Declension

Declension of giotár (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative giotár giotáir vocative a ghiotáir a ghiotára genitive giotáir giotár dative giotár giotáir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an giotár na giotáir genitive an ghiotáir na ngiotár dative leis an ngiotár don ghiotár leis na giotáir

Derived terms

• aerghiotár
• dordghiotár
• giotár acústach, giotár fuaimiúil
• giotár clasaiceach
• giotár cruach
• giotár cruach troitheánach
• giotár rithime
• giotár scroig buidéil
• giotáraí
• sleamhnú giotáir

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of giotár

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giotár	ghiotár	ngiotár

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giotár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN