gráin

See also: grain, gràin, and gräin

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gráin,[2] from Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gràin.

Noun

gráin f (genitive singular gránach)

  1. hatred (strong aversion), detestation, abhorrence
    Tá an ghráin agam orthu. ― I detest them.
  2. ugliness, disfigurement
    Folaíonn grá gráin. (proverb) ― Love is blind. (literally, “Love veils ugliness.”)
  3. hatefulness, loathsomeness
  4. fearfulness, terror; ugly appearance
Declension
Declension of gráin (fifth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gráin
vocative a ghráin
genitive gránach
dative gráin
gránaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghráin
genitive na gránach
dative leis an ngráin
leis an ngránaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghráin
don ghránaigh (archaic, dialectal)
Derived terms
  • gráinigh (“to hate”)
  • gráiniúil (“hateful, abhorrent”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gráin

  1. vocative/genitive singular of grán

Mutation

Mutated forms of gráin
radical lenition eclipsis
gráin ghráin ngráin

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡraːnʲ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”).

Noun

gráin f

  1. awfulness
Declension

Not well enough attested for the declension to be determined.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: gráin
  • Manx: grayn
  • Scottish Gaelic: gràin

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gráin

  1. inflection of grán:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of gráin
radical lenition nasalization
gráin gráin
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 ngráin

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

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