grafaic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English graphic, from Latin graphicus (“pertaining to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “pertaining to painting or drawing”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing”).

Noun

grafaic f (genitive singular grafaice, nominative plural grafaicí)

1. (countable, computing, etc.) graphic
2. (uncountable, art, computing, etc.) graphics

Declension

Declension of grafaic

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative grafaic grafaicí Vocative a ghrafaic a ghrafaicí Genitive grafaice grafaicí Dative grafaic grafaicí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghrafaic na grafaicí Genitive na grafaice na ngrafaicí Dative leis an ngrafaic don ghrafaic leis na grafaicí

Synonyms

• (graphics): grafaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grafaic	ghrafaic	ngrafaic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “graphic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “graphics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024