gorún

See also: gorun and Gorun

Irish

Alternative forms

• burrún, gurrún

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps related to literary cara (“haunch”) and/or Middle Irish urrann, aurann (“portion”) (compare roinn, Old Irish rann).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɾˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠuːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌɾˠunˠ/

Noun

gorún m (genitive singular gorúin, nominative plural gorúin)

1. haunch (area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttock)

Declension

Declension of gorún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gorún gorúin vocative a ghorúin a ghorúna genitive gorúin gorún dative gorún gorúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gorún na gorúin genitive an ghorúin na ngorún dative leis an ngorún don ghorún leis na gorúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gorún	ghorún	ngorún

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gurrún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN