grá
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grá (uncountable)
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
See grár.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grá
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrātus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/
- Homophones: gnáth, gráigh (one Connacht pronunciation)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaː/
- (Ulster, genitive) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːj/[1] (corresponding to the form gráidh)
- (Ulster, verbal noun) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːw/[2] (as if spelled grádhadh)
Noun edit
grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)
- love
- Tá grá agam ort. ― I love you.
- beloved person
- Tá mo ghrá caillte. ― My beloved is gone.
- term of endearment
- Cur glaoch orm, a ghrá. ― Call me, my love.
- charity, beneficence
- verbal noun of gráigh
Declension edit
- As substantive
Declension of grá
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- As verbal noun
Declension of grá
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- féinghrá m (“self-love”)
- folaíonn grá gráin (“love is blind”)
- grá don ailp m (“cupboard love”)
- grá mo chroí m (“my love”)
- grá na hailpe m (“cupboard love”)
- grámhar (“loving”, adjective)
- i ngrá (“in love”)
- scéal grá m (“love story”)
- tá grá agam dhuit (“I love you”)
- tá grá agam ort (“I love you”)
- tírghrá m (“patriotism”)
Descendants edit
- → Scots: gra
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
grá | ghrá | ngrá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “grá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 grád?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Old Norse edit
Adjective edit
grá
- inflection of grár:
- positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
- positive degree strong neuter dative singular
- positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
- positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
- positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
- positive degree weak feminine/neuter singular
- positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural