grá
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
grá (uncountable)
- (Ireland) Love, affection.
- 2023 August 5, Lauren Murphy, quoting Graham Sweeney, “Sounds of Achill”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 11:
- He admits that, as a project, “it's a bit niche, but I think anybody who's been here develops a massive grá for Achill. […] ”
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
See grár.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krauː/
Adjective
grá
- feminine nominative singular positive degree of grár
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/[1][2][3][4], /ɡɾˠaː/[5][6][7]
- (Ulster, genitive) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːj/[7] (corresponding to the form gráidh)
- (Ulster, verbal noun) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːw/[8] (as if spelled grádhadh)
- Homophones: gnáth (Ulster and parts of Connacht), gráigh (one Connacht pronunciation)
Noun
grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)
- love
- Tá grá agam ort. ― I love you.
- beloved person
- Tá mo ghrá caillte. ― My beloved is gone.
- (endearing) love
- Cur glaoch orm, a ghrá. ― Call me, my love.
- charity, beneficence
- verbal noun of gráigh
Declension
- As substantive
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Derived terms
- féinghrá m (“self-love”)
- folaíonn grá gráin (“love is blind”)
- grá don ailp m (“cupboard love”)
- grá mo chroí m (“my love”)
- grá na hailpe m (“cupboard love”)
- grámhar (“loving”, adjective)
- i ngrá (“in love”)
- scéal grá m (“love story”)
- tá grá agam dhuit (“I love you”)
- tá grá agam ort (“I love you”)
- tírghrá m (“patriotism”)
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| grá | ghrá | ngrá |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 256, page 130
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
- ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 279, page 30
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 8, page 6
- ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 264, page 54
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 130, page 31
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 57
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 147, page 58
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 grád?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Adjective
grá
- inflection of grár:
- positive degree strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
- positive degree strong neuter dative singular
- positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
- positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
- positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
- positive degree weak feminine/neuter singular
- positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural