gráig

See also: graig

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

gráig f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural gráigeanna)

1. hamlet
2. cluster of houses

   Synonym: clachan

Declension

Declension of gráig

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gráig gráigeanna Vocative a ghráig a ghráigeanna Genitive gráige gráigeanna Dative gráig gráigeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghráig na gráigeanna Genitive na gráige na ngráigeanna Dative leis an ngráig don ghráig leis na gráigeanna

Derived terms

• gráigbhaile

Etymology 2

Noun

gráig f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural grága)

1. Alternative form of grág (“hoarse, raucous, cry”)
2. Alternative form of grág (“tree-stump”)

Declension

Declension of gráig

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gráig grága Vocative a ghráig a ghrága Genitive gráige grág Dative gráig grága

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghráig na grága Genitive na gráige na ngrág Dative leis an ngráig don ghráig leis na grága

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gráig	ghráig	ngráig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gráig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gráig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024