giorria

 

• gearrfhiadh (obsolete)
• girr-fhiadh (obsolete)
• gearria (Ulster)

From earlier girr-fhiadh, from gearr (“short”) +‎ fia(dh) (“deer”).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪɾˠiə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠiə/ (corresponding to the alternative form gearria)^[1]

giorria m (genitive singular giorria, nominative plural giorriacha)

1. hare (animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus)

• Variant plural: giorraithe

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giorria”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN