giotár

See also: giotàr

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English guitar, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɟɪˈt̪ˠɑːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɪˈt̪ˠaːɾˠ/

Noun

giotár m (genitive singular giotáir, nominative plural giotáir)

guitar

Declension

Declension of giotár

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	giotár	giotáir
Vocative	a ghiotáir	a ghiotára
Genitive	giotáir	giotár
Dative	giotár	giotáir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an giotár	na giotáir
Genitive	an ghiotáir	na ngiotár
Dative	leis an ngiotár don ghiotár	leis na giotáir

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giotár	ghiotár	ngiotár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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