žirafa

See also: Zirafa and żirafa

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪrafa]

Noun

žirafa f

  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

Ingrian
Žirafa.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian жираф (žiraf).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʒirɑfɑ/, [ˈʒirɑf]
  • (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

Noun

žirafà f (plural žirãfos) stress pattern 2

  1. giraffe

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

Serbo-Croatian

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

Derived from Turkish zürafa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒirafa/

Noun

žirafa f (genitive singular žirafy, nominative plural žirafy, genitive plural žiráf, declension pattern of žena)

  1. giraffe (mammal)

Declension
Declension of žirafa
singular plural
nominative žirafa žirafy
genitive žirafy žiráf
dative žirafe žirafám
accusative žirafu žirafy
locative žirafe žirafách
instrumental žirafou žirafami

Derived terms

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, 2024

Slovene

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

Noun

žirȃfa f

  1. giraffe (mammal)

Inflection
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, portal Fran
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