Noun: giraff
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | giraff |
| Sg. Def. | giraffen |
| Pl. Indef. | giraffer |
| Pl. Def. | girafferna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | giraffs |
| Sg. Def. | giraffens |
| Pl. Indef. | giraffers |
| Pl. Def. | giraffernas |
Sample Sentences
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Giraffer lever på savannen och har långa halsar (Giraffes live on the savannah and have long necks)
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Giraffer har fläckar (Giraffes have spots)
Nouns inflected like giraff
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
4. ?
5. Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
6. Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
7. Proto-Indo-European *ped-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-s
9. Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
10. Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
11. Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
12. Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
13. Classical Persian پَا (pā)
14. Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
15. Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.
16. Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
17. Italian giraffabor.
18. Middle French giraffe
19. French girafebor.
20. Swedish giraff
21. Borrowed from French girafe. See: French Nouns '
girafe'.
Verbs referencing "giraff"
Finnish Nouns
kirahvi.
Translations