žirafa

See also: Zirafa, Žirafa, and żirafa

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffabor.
Czech žirafa

    Borrowed from Italian giraffa. First attested in the 19th century.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪrafa]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -afa
    • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

    Noun

    žirafa f (relational adjective žirafí, diminutive žirafečka)

    1. giraffe (mammal)

    Declension

    Declension of žirafa (hard feminine)
    singular plural
    nominative žirafa žirafy
    genitive žirafy žiraf
    dative žirafě žirafám
    accusative žirafu žirafy
    vocative žirafo žirafy
    locative žirafě žirafách
    instrumental žirafou žirafami

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Ingrian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Russian жираф (žiraf).

      Pronunciation

      • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑfɑ/, [ˈʒirɑˑf]
      • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑːfɑ/, [ˈʃirˑɑːfɑ]
      • Rhymes: -irɑf, -irɑːfɑ
      • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

      Noun

      žirafa

      1. giraffe
        • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:
          Ƶirafa - ono varin Afrikan elokas (kuva 41).
          The giraffe - it's an animal of the warm Africa (image 41).

      Declension

      Declension of žirafa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative žirafa žirafat
      genitive žirafan žirafoin
      partitive žirafaa žirafoja
      illative žirafaa žirafoihe
      inessive žirafaas žirafois
      elative žirafast žirafoist
      allative žirafalle žirafoille
      adessive žirafaal žirafoil
      ablative žirafalt žirafoilt
      translative žirafaks žirafoiks
      essive žirafanna, žirafaan žirafoinna, žirafoin
      exessive1) žirafant žirafoint
      1) obsolete
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

      Lithuanian

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.?
      Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.?
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
      Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
      Proto-Indo-European *ped-
      Proto-Indo-European *-s
      Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
      Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
      Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
      Classical Persian پَا (pā)
      Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
      Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.
      Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
      Italian giraffabor.
      Lithuanian žirafa

        Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ʒʲɪrɐˈfɐ]
        • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa

        Noun

        žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2

        1. giraffe (mammal)

        Declension

        Declension of žirafà
        singular
        (vienaskaita)         		plural
        (daugiskaita)
        nominative (vardininkas) žirafà žirãfos
        genitive (kilmininkas) žirãfos žirãfų
        dative (naudininkas) žirãfai žirãfoms
        accusative (galininkas) žirãfą žirafàs
        instrumental (įnagininkas) žirafà žirãfomis
        locative (vietininkas) žirãfoje žirãfose
        vocative (šauksmininkas) žirãfa žirãfos

        Derived terms

        • žirafiùkas

        Further reading

        • “žirafa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
        • “žirafa”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
        • “žirafa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026

        Serbo-Croatian

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.?
        Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.?
        Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
        Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
        Proto-Indo-European *ped-
        Proto-Indo-European *-s
        Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
        Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
        Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
        Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
        Classical Persian پَا (pā)
        Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
        Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.
        Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
        Italian giraffabor.
        Serbo-Croatian žirafa

          Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

          Noun

          žiràfa f (Cyrillic spelling жира̀фа)

          1. giraffe (mammal)

          Declension

          Declension of žirafa
          singular plural
          nominative žiràfa žirafe
          genitive žirafe žiráfā
          dative žirafi žirafama
          accusative žirafu žirafe
          vocative žirafo žirafe
          locative žirafi žirafama
          instrumental žirafom žirafama

          Slovak

          Etymology

          Etymology tree
          Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.?
          Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.?
          Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
          Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
          Proto-Indo-European *ped-
          Proto-Indo-European *-s
          Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
          Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
          Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
          Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
          Classical Persian پَا (pā)
          Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
          Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.
          Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
          Italian giraffabor.
          Slovak žirafa

            Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ʒirafa/, [ˈʒirafa]
            • Rhymes: -afa
            • Hyphenation: ži‧ra‧fa
            • Audio (Bratislava):(file)

            Noun

            žirafa f (relational adjective žirafí)

            1. giraffe (mammal)

            Declension

            Declension of žirafa
            (pattern žena)
            singularplural
            nominativežirafažirafy
            genitivežirafyžiráf
            dativežirafežirafám
            accusativežirafužirafy
            locativežirafežirafách
            instrumentalžirafoužirafami

            Further reading

            • “žirafa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

            Slovene

            Etymology

            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.?
            Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.?
            Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
            Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
            Proto-Indo-European *ped-
            Proto-Indo-European *-s
            Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
            Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
            Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
            Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
            Classical Persian پَا (pā)
            Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
            Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.
            Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
            Italian giraffabor.
            Slovene žirafa

              Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /ʒiráːfa/
              • Audio:(file)

              Noun

              žirȃfa f

              1. giraffe (mammal)

              Declension

              The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
              Feminine, a-stem
              nom. sing. žiráfa
              gen. sing. žiráfe
              singular dual plural
              nominative
              (imenovȃlnik)               		žiráfa žiráfi žiráfe
              genitive
              (rodȋlnik)               		žiráfe žiráf žiráf
              dative
              (dajȃlnik)               		žiráfi žiráfama žiráfam
              accusative
              (tožȋlnik)               		žiráfo žiráfi žiráfe
              locative
              (mẹ̑stnik)               		žiráfi žiráfah žiráfah
              instrumental
              (orọ̑dnik)               		žiráfo žiráfama žiráfami

              Further reading

              • “žirafa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
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