Gráinne
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Irish
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Etymology
[edit]Possibly a derivative of Old Irish grán (“grain”) if originally the name of an agricultural goddess or a derivative of Middle Irish gráin (“awfulness, horror”) if the original sense was “she who inspires terror”.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠaːn̠ʲə/
Proper noun
[edit]Gráinne f (genitive Ghráinne)
- (Irish mythology) Gráinne or Grania, the daughter of King Cormac mac Airt, one of the central figures in the stories Finn and Gráinne and The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne.
- a female given name, traditionally anglicized as Grace, which is however etymologically unrelated.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Gráinne | Ghráinne | nGráinne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||