agra

See also: Agra, ágra, aġra, agrā, Agrą, and Âgrâ

English

Alternative forms

• a ghrá, agrah

Etymology

From Irish a (vocative particle) + lenited form of grá (“love”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɑː/

Noun

agra (uncountable)

1. (Ireland) Dear, darling (as a term of endearment). [from 18th c.]
   • 1847, Anthony Trollope, The Macdermots of Ballycloran:

     Kathleen, agra, […] bring me a glass of sperrits, will you?

   • 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 21:

     But their mother sent our one notes. Give that to your mam a ghrá.

Anagrams

• Agar, Raga, agar, raag, raga

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈa.ɣɾa]

Adjective

agra

1. feminine singular of agre

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Latin ager, agrum, from Proto-Italic *agros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɣɾa̝/

Noun

agra f (plural agras)

1. large apportion of farmland, usually comprising a number of different properties and fields
   • 1300, J. I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites, editor, Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón, Lugo: Deputación, page 42:

     vendo dous leyros que iazen en a agra de Cas dos Ferreyros

     I sell two fields that are in the agra of Cas dos Ferreiros

Derived terms

• Agra
• Agras
• Agrela
• Agrelo
• Agriña

Related terms

• agro

References

• “agra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “agra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “agra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “agra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “agra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish acra, from Old Irish acrae (“act of suing, prosecuting, bringing an action, urging a claim; action, suit, process”), verbal noun of ad·gair (“sues, prosecutes, impleads, accuses”).

Noun

agra m (genitive singular agra, nominative plural agraí)

1. (jurisprudence) suit
2. Alternative form of agairt (“plea; vengeance, retribution”)

Declension

Declension of agra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative agra agraí Vocative a agra a agraí Genitive agra agraí Dative agra agraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-agra na hagraí Genitive an agra na n-agraí Dative leis an agra don agra leis na hagraí

Derived terms

• agra atharthachta m (“paternity suit”)
• agra dlí m (“lawsuit”)
• agra leabhail m (“libel suit”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agra	n-agra	hagra	t-agra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acra(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “suit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “agra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡra/
• Rhymes: -aɡra
• Hyphenation: à‧gra

Adjective

agra f

1. feminine singular of agro

Anagrams

• Agar, gara, raga

Ladino

Adjective

agra (Latin spelling, masculine agro, masculine plural agros, feminine plural agras)

1. sour

Latvian

Adjective

agra

1. inflection of agrs:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्र (agra, “tip, point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡra/
• Rhymes: -ɡra
• Hyphenation: a‧gra

Noun

agra

1. top, summit, point
2. prominent, first, chief, best

Derived terms

• kāgra
• makāgra
• maṅagra
• pinakāgra

 

• agrabhāwanā
• agracūḍāmaṇi
• agrakeśara
• agramaṅgala
• agramaṇḍala
• agramukha
• agranagara
• agranāsikā
• agraparwata
• agrapaṅkti
• agraprāṇa
• agrasenāpati
• agratara
• agraśekhara
• agraśeṣa
• daityāgra
• krūrāgra
• kuśāgra
• kuṭāgra
• mahāpaṇḍitāgra
• nakhāgra
• nāsikāgra
• parwatāgra
• purohitāgra
• sañjatāgra
• sutāgra
• tomarāgra
• tīkṣṇāgra
• uttamāgra
• wiprāgra
• śilāgra
• śūlāgra

 

Related terms

• arga

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲ꧀ꦒꦿ (agra)

Further reading

• "agra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɾa/ [ˈa.ɣ̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾa
• Syllabification: a‧gra

Adjective

agra

1. feminine singular of agro

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch hagel.

Noun

agra

1. bullet

   Synonym: kugru

2. shot (metal balls used as ammunition)

Venetian

Adjective

agra f

1. feminine singular of agro