gráiniúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gráineamhail, gráineamhuil (obsolete)[1]
  • gráinmhear

Etymology

From Middle Irish gráinemail.[2] By surface analysis, gráin +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːˈnʲuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲuːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲũlʲ/[3]

Adjective

gráiniúil (genitive singular masculine gráiniúil, genitive singular feminine gráiniúla, plural gráiniúla, comparative gráiniúla)

  1. odious, abominable, hateful, loathsome, abhorrent, heinous, detestable
    Synonym: fuafar
  2. gruesome
  3. ugly (unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss)
  4. foul (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)

Declension

Declension of gráiniúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gráiniúil ghráiniúil gráiniúla;
ghráiniúla2
vocative ghráiniúil gráiniúla
genitive gráiniúla gráiniúla gráiniúil
dative gráiniúil;
ghráiniúil1 		ghráiniúil gráiniúla;
ghráiniúla2
Comparative níos gráiniúla
Superlative is gráiniúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “gráiniúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gráinemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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