gráinne
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of grán.
Noun
[edit]gráinne m (genitive singular gráinne, nominative plural gráinní)
Declension
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- Variant plural: gráinneacha
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]gráinne f (genitive singular gráinne)
- Synonym of gránnacht (“ugliness”)
Declension
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Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]gráinne
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gráinne | ghráinne | ngráinne |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gráinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “grain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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