grád

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish grád, from Latin gradus.

Noun

grád m (genitive gráid, nominative plural gráid)

1. grade; degree, class
2. (nautical) rating

Declension

Declension of grád

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative grád gráid Vocative a ghráid a ghráda Genitive gráid grád Dative grád gráid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an grád na gráid Genitive an ghráid na ngrád Dative leis an ngrád don ghrád leis na gráid

Derived terms

Derived terms

grádach (“graded”) grádaigh (“to grade; to rate, scale; to graduate, calibrate”) díghrádaigh (“to degrade”)

íosghrádaigh (“to downgrade”) grádán (“grade, gradient”)

Etymology 2

Verb

grád

1. (dialectal) first-person singular present subjunctive of gráigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grád	ghrád	ngrád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin gradus.

Noun

grád n

1. grade, degree
2. rank, order

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *gʷrātu-.

Noun

grád n

1. love, affection, fondness, charity

Descendants

• Irish: grá
• Manx: graih
• Scottish Gaelic: gràdh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
grád	grád pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngrád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.