gráig

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See also: graig

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grác (“stead”).

Noun

gráig f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural gráigeanna)

  1. hamlet
  2. cluster of houses
    Synonym: clachan
Declension
Declension of gráig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gráig gráigeanna
vocative a ghráig a ghráigeanna
genitive gráige gráigeanna
dative gráig gráigeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghráig na gráigeanna
genitive na gráige na ngráigeanna
dative leis an ngráig
don ghráig 		leis na gráigeanna
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

gráig f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural grága)

  1. alternative form of grág
  2. (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of grág
Declension
Declension of gráig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gráig grága
vocative a ghráig a ghrága
genitive gráige grág
dative gráig grága
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghráig na grága
genitive na gráige na ngrág
dative leis an ngráig
don ghráig 		leis na grága

Mutation

Mutated forms of gráig
radical lenition eclipsis
gráig ghráig ngráig

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grác”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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