gráigh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish grádaigidir.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːɟ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡɾˠɑːj/
- Homophones: gnáth, grá (one pronunciation)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːj/
Verb edit
gráigh (present analytic gránn, future analytic gráfaidh, verbal noun grá, past participle gráite)
- (transitive, intransitive) love, adore
- Gráim snámh sa samhradh. ― I love swimming in the summer.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of gráigh (first conjugation – C)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gráigh | ghráigh | ngráigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gráigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gráigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.