giorria

== Irish == === Alternative forms === gearrfhiadh (obsolete) girr-fhiadh (obsolete) gearria (Ulster) === Etymology === From earlier girr-fhiadh, from gearr (“short”) +‎ fia(dh) (“deer”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟɪˈɾˠiə/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟɪɾˠiə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠiə/ (corresponding to the alternative form gearria) === Noun === giorria m (genitive singular giorria, nominative plural giorriacha) hare (animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus) ==== Declension ==== Variant plural: giorraithe ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “giorria”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN