gráigbhaile

Irish

Etymology

From gráig (“hamlet; cluster of houses”) +‎ baile (“town”).

Noun

gráigbhaile m (genitive singular gráigbhaile, nominative plural gráigbhailte)

1. village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

   Synonym: sráidbhaile

Declension

Declension of gráigbhaile (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gráigbhaile gráigbhailte vocative a ghráigbhaile a ghráigbhailte genitive gráigbhaile gráigbhailte dative gráigbhaile gráigbhailte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gráigbhaile na gráigbhailte genitive an ghráigbhaile na ngráigbhailte dative leis an ngráigbhaile don ghráigbhaile leis na gráigbhailte

Mutation

Mutated forms of gráigbhaile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gráigbhaile	ghráigbhaile	ngráigbhaile

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) “gráigbhaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN