gráigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • grádhuigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish grádaigidir.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːɟ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡɾˠɑːj/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːj/

Verb

gráigh (present analytic gránn, future analytic gráfaidh, verbal noun grá, past participle gráite)

  1. (ambitransitive) love, adore
    Gráim snámh sa samhradh.I love swimming in the summer.

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of gráigh
radical lenition eclipsis
gráigh ghráigh ngráigh

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

Further reading