Gráinne

See also: grainne, gràinne, and gráinne

Irish

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Gráinne (miotaseolaíocht)

Etymology

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

(Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/
(Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠaːn̠ʲə/

Proper noun

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

Mutated forms of *Gráinne*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gráinne	Ghráinne	nGráinne

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

References

^ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 114
^ Hanks, Patrick, Hodges, Flavia (1990) A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141

[GPN-1] Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 114

[DFN-2] Hanks, Patrick, Hodges, Flavia (1990) A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141

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