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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gránda (“ugly”), from gráin f (“awfulness”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
gránna (comparative gránna or gráinne)
- ugly, unattractive, unsightly
- unpleasant, disagreeable
- offensive, vile, repulsive
- horrible, terrible
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| Nominative
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gránna
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ghránna
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gránna;
ghránna²
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| Vocative
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ghránna
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gránna
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| Genitive
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gránna
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gránna
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gránna
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| Dative
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gránna;
ghránna¹
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ghránna
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gránna;
ghránna²
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| Comparative
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níos gránna
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| Superlative
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is gránna
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gránna
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ghránna
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ngránna
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gránda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 15, page 9
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