grág

See also: grag

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Old Irish grác.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

grág f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural grága)

  1. caw (cry of a crow), croak
  2. bray (cry of a donkey)
  3. squawk (shrill noise)
  4. raucous cry

Declension

Declension of grág (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative grág grága
vocative a ghrág a ghrága
genitive gráige grág
dative grág
gráig (archaic, dialectal) 		grága
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghrág na grága
genitive na gráige na ngrág
dative leis an ngrág
leis an ngráig (archaic, dialectal)
don ghrág
don ghráig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na grága

Synonyms

  • (caw): cágaíl

Derived terms

  • grágach
  • grágaíl
  • grágaire
  • grágarsach

Mutation

Mutated forms of grág
radical lenition eclipsis
grág ghrág ngrág

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

References

  1. ^ “grág”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 grác”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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