grànda

See also: granda, Granda, and gránda

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

grànnda (superseded), grànna, grànta

Etymology

From Old Irish gránda (“horrible, terrible, ugly, repulsive, hateful”), from gráin (“awfulness, an object of loathing or horror, terror, horror”).

Pronunciation

(Lewis, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ɾãːt̪ə/^[1]^[2]
(South Uist, Tiree) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ɾaːn̪ˠə/^[1]^[3] (as if spelled grànna)
(Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ɾaːn̪ˠʌ]^[4] (as if spelled grànna)
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ɾɛ̃ːt̪ə/^[5]

Adjective

grànda (comparative gràinde)

ugly
nasty, horrible
Tha an t-sìde grànda an-diugh. ― The weather is horrible today.

Mutation

Mutation of *grànda*
radical	lenition
grànda	ghrànda

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎^[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
^ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN