goraille

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Noun

goraille m (genitive singular goraille, nominative plural goraillí)

1. gorilla

Declension

Declension of goraille (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative goraille goraillí vocative a ghoraille a ghoraillí genitive goraille goraillí dative goraille goraillí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an goraille na goraillí genitive an ghoraille na ngoraillí dative leis an ngoraille don ghoraille leis na goraillí

Mutation

Mutated forms of goraille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goraille	ghoraille	ngoraille

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) “goraille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN