graeipe

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Scots graip, from Old English grāp (“grip, grasp”) and/or *grǣpe (“grasping”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gràpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠeːpʲə/

Noun

graeipe f (genitive singular graeipe, nominative plural graeipí)

  1. graip, dungfork

Declension

Declension of graeipe (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative graeipe graeipí
vocative a ghraeipe a ghraeipí
genitive graeipe graeipí
dative graeipe graeipí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghraeipe na graeipí
genitive na graeipe na ngraeipí
dative leis an ngraeipe
don ghraeipe 		leis na graeipí

Mutation

Mutated forms of graeipe
radical lenition eclipsis
graeipe ghraeipe ngraeipe

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

References

  1. ^ “graeipe”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grápa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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