gráin

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See also: grain, gràin, and gräin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gráin, from Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gràin.

Pronunciation

Noun

gráin f (genitive singular gránach)

  1. hatred (strong aversion), detestation, abhorrence
    Tá an ghráin agam orthu. ― I detest them.
  2. ugliness, disfigurement
    Folaíonn grá gráin. (proverb) ― Love is blind. (literally, “Love veils ugliness.”)
  3. hatefulness, loathsomeness
  4. fearfulness, terror; ugly appearance

Declension

Declension of gráin

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative gráin
Vocative a ghráin
Genitive gránach
Dative gráin
gránaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an ghráin
Genitive na gránach
Dative leis an ngráin
leis an ngránaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don ghráin
don ghránaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gráin ghráin ngráin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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