grànda

See also: granda, Granda, and gránda

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

grànnda (superseded)

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) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ɾãːt̪ə/^[1]
(South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ɾaːn̪ˠə/^[2]
(Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ɾaːn̪ˠʌ]^[3]
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ɾɛ̃ːt̪ə/^[4]

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

^ 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
^ 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
^ 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