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 singular plural nominative grafaic grafaicí vocative a ghrafaic a ghrafaicí genitive grafaice grafaicí dative grafaic grafaicí forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of grafaic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grafaic	ghrafaic	ngrafaic

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “graphic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “graphics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025