gorún
Irish
Alternative forms
- gurrún
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps related to literary cara (“haunch”) and/or Middle Irish urrann, aurann (“portion”) (compare roinn, Old Irish rann).
Pronunciation
Noun
gorún m (genitive singular gorúin, nominative plural gorúin)
- haunch (area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttock)
Declension
Declension of gorún
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gorún | ghorún | ngorún |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “gorún” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airrann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “gurrún” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 388.
- "gorún" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20
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