graig
See also: gráig
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *gregis.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
graig f or m (genitive grega, nominative plural graigi)
- (collective) horses
- c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 84
- Báite Pharo lia ṡlúag sain co cairptib ocus mór-graig.
- Pharaoh was drowned with his own host, with chariots and a great number of horses.
- The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 831
- Sarugad Eugain Mainisdreach, abbatis Airdd Machae hi foigaillnaig la Conchobar m. n-Donnchada co n-arrgabtha a muinnter & co ructha a graigi.
- Eógan of Mainister, abbot of Armagh, was dishonoured over [...] by Conchobor, son of Donnchad; and his followers were taken prisoner; and his horses taken away.
- c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 84
Inflection edit
Feminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | graig | graigL | graigiH |
Vocative | graig | graigL | graigiH |
Accusative | graigN | graigL | graigiH |
Genitive | gregoH, gregaH | gregoH, gregaH | graigeN |
Dative | graigL | graigib | graigib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
graig | graig pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngraig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gregi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “graig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh edit
Noun edit
graig f
- Soft mutation of craig.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
craig | graig | nghraig | chraig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |