graat
See also: gråt
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
graat f or m (plural graten, diminutive graatje n)
Derived terms edit
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- aeve (widespread varaint)
- eve (Maastrichtian, Valkenburg)
- effe
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German girat.
Adjective edit
graat
Adverb edit
graat
- just, a short while ago
- exactly
- expresses the continuous aspect
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German gerat, gerade, from Old High German gihradi.
Adjective edit
graat
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English grete, from Old English grēat, from Proto-West Germanic *graut.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
graat
- great
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 4:
- An aal their vrienes had a graat spree.
- And aal their friends had a great spree.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133