graig

See also: gráig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gregis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡr͈aɣʲ/

Noun

graig f or m (genitive grega, nominative plural graigi)

1. (collective) horses
   • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 84

     Báite Pharo lia ṡlúag sain   co cairptib ocus mór-graig.

     Pharaoh was drowned with his own host,   with chariots and a great number of horses.

   • The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 831

     Sarugad Eugain Mainisdreach, abbatis Airdd Machae hi foigaillnaig la Conchobar m. n-Donnchada co n-arrgabtha a muinnter & co ructha a graigi.

     Eógan of Mainister, abbot of Armagh, was dishonoured over [...] by Conchobor, son of Donnchad; and his followers were taken prisoner; and his horses taken away.

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	graig	graigL	graigiH
Vocative	graig	graigL	graigiH
Accusative	graigN	graigL	graigiH
Genitive	gregoH, gregaH	gregoH, gregaH	graigeN
Dative	graigL	graigib	graigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
graig	graig pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “graig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Noun

graig f

1. Soft mutation of craig.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
craig	graig	nghraig	chraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.