See also: grainne, gràinne, and Gráinne

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (seed), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (grain). Doublet of grán.

Noun edit

gráinne m (genitive singular gráinne, nominative plural gráinní)

  1. grain
  2. (hard) particle
  3. pinch (small quantity)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

gránna +‎ -e

Noun edit

gráinne f (genitive singular gráinne)

  1. Synonym of gránnacht (ugliness)
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

gráinne

  1. (nonstandard) comparative degree of gránna

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gráinne ghráinne ngráinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit