graig

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See also: gráig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gregis.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

graig f or m (genitive grega, nominative plural graigi)

  1. (collective) horses
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 84
      Báite Pharo lia ṡlúag sain   co cairptib ocus mór-graig.
      Pharaoh was drowned with his own host,   with chariots and a great number of horses.
    • The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 831
      Sarugad Eugain Mainisdreach, abbatis Airdd Machae hi foigaillnaig la Conchobar m. n-Donnchada co n-arrgabtha a muinnter & co ructha a graigi.
      Eógan of Mainister, abbot of Armagh, was dishonoured over by Conchobor, son of Donnchad; and his followers were taken prisoner; and his horses taken away.

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative graig graigL graigiH
Vocative graig graigL graigiH
Accusative graigN graigL graigiH
Genitive gregoH, gregaH gregoH, gregaH graigeN
Dative graigL graigib graigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of graig
radical lenition nasalization
graig graig
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngraig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gregi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 167

Further reading

Welsh

Noun

graig f

  1. Soft mutation of craig.

Mutation

Mutated forms of craig
radical soft nasal aspirate
craig graig nghraig chraig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.