grág

See also: grag

Irish

Alternative forms

• gráig

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Old Irish grác.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠaːɡ/

Noun

grág f (genitive singular gráige, nominative plural grága)

1. caw (cry of a crow), croak
2. bray (cry of a donkey)
3. squawk (shrill noise)
4. raucous cry

Declension

Declension of grág (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative grág grága vocative a ghrág a ghrága genitive gráige grág dative grág gráig (archaic, dialectal) grága forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghrág na grága genitive na gráige na ngrág dative leis an ngrág leis an ngráig (archaic, dialectal) don ghrág don ghráig (archaic, dialectal) leis na grága

Synonyms

• (caw): cágaíl

Derived terms

• grágach
• grágaíl
• grágaire
• grágarsach

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of grág

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grág	ghrág	ngrág

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grág”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grág”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “grág”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024