gráigh
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish grádaigidir.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːɟ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡɾˠɑːj/
- Homophones: gnáth, grá (one pronunciation)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːj/
Verb
[edit]gráigh (present analytic gránn, future analytic gráfaidh, verbal noun grá, past participle gráite)
- (ambitransitive) love, adore
- Gráim snámh sa samhradh. ― I love swimming in the summer.
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of gráigh (first conjugation – C)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
gráigh | ghráigh | ngráigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gráigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gráigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025