gorachas

Irish

Etymology

From gorach +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠəxəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌɾˠaxəsˠ/

Noun

gorachas m (genitive singular gorachais)

1. sitting or cuddling by the fire

Declension

Declension of gorachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gorachas vocative a ghorachais genitive gorachais dative gorachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an gorachas genitive an ghorachais dative leis an ngorachas don ghorachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gorachas	ghorachas	ngorachas

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

Further reading

• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN