gránna
See also: granna
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish gránda (“ugly”), from gráin f (“awfulness”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgránna (comparative gránna or gráinne)
- ugly, unattractive, unsightly
- unpleasant, disagreeable
- offensive, vile, repulsive
- horrible, terrible
Declension
editDeclension of gránna
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gránna | ghránna | gránna; ghránna² | |
| Vocative | ghránna | gránna | ||
| Genitive | gránna | gránna | gránna | |
| Dative | gránna; ghránna¹ |
ghránna | gránna; ghránna² | |
| Comparative | níos gránna | |||
| Superlative | is gránna | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Variant comparative form: gráinne
Derived terms
edit- gránnacht f (“ugliness”)
- físghránnán m (“video nasty”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gránna | ghránna | ngránna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gránda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 15, page 9
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gránna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN