grá

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See also: gra and grå

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish grá.

Pronunciation

Noun

grá (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) Love, affection.
    • 2023 August 5, Lauren Murphy, quoting Graham Sweeney, “Sounds of Achill”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 11:
      He admits that, as a project, “it's a bit niche, but I think anybody who's been here develops a massive grá for Achill. […] ”

Icelandic

Etymology

See grár.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grá

  1. feminine nominative singular positive degree of grár

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrātus.

Pronunciation

Noun

grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)

  1. love
    Tá grá agam ort. ― I love you.
  2. beloved person
    Tá mo ghrá caillte. ― My beloved is gone.
  3. (endearing) love
    Cur glaoch orm, a ghrá. ― Call me, my love.
  4. charity, beneficence
  5. verbal noun of gráigh

Declension

As substantive
Declension of grá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative grá
Vocative a ghrá
Genitive grá
Dative grá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an grá
Genitive an ghrá
Dative leis an ngrá

don ghrá

As verbal noun
Declension of grá

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative grá
Vocative a ghrá
Genitive gráite
Dative grá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an grá
Genitive an ghráite
Dative leis an ngrá

don ghrá

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Scots: gra

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
grá ghrá ngrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 57
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 147, page 58

Further reading

Old Norse

Adjective

grá

  1. inflection of grár:
    1. positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong neuter dative singular
    3. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    4. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
    5. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    6. positive degree weak feminine/neuter singular
    7. positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural
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