grá
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrātus.
Pronunciation
Noun
grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)
Declension
- As substantive
Declension of grá
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- As verbal noun
Declension of grá
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- féinghrá m (“self-love”)
- folaíonn grá gráin (“love is blind”)
- grá don ailp m (“cupboard love”)
- grá mo chroí m (“my love”)
- grá na hailpe m (“cupboard love”)
- grámhar (“loving”, adjective)
- i ngrá (“in love”)
- scéal grá m (“love story”)
- tá grá agam dhuit (“I love you”)
- tá grá agam ort (“I love you”)
- tírghrá m (“patriotism”)
Descendants
- → Scots: gra
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| grá | ghrá | ngrá |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “grá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 grád?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Old Norse
Adjective
grá
- inflection of grár:
- positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
- positive degree strong neuter dative singular
- positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
- positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
- positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
- positive degree weak feminine/neuter singular
- positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural
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