goradh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gorad.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾʲuː/ (as if spelled goireadh)

Noun

goradh m (genitive singular gortha)

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

Declension

Declension of goradh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of goradh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goradh	ghoradh	ngoradh

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) “goraḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN