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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish grác (“stead”).[1]
Noun
gráig f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural gráigeanna)
- hamlet
- cluster of houses
- Synonym: clachan
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gráig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gráig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Etymology 2
Noun
gráig f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural grága)
- Alternative form of grág
- (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of grág
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gráig
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ghráig
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ngráig
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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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