gráiniúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish gráinemail.[2] By surface analysis, gráin + -úil.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːˈnʲuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲũlʲ/[3]
Adjective
[edit]gráiniúil (genitive singular masculine gráiniúil, genitive singular feminine gráiniúla, plural gráiniúla, comparative gráiniúla)
- odious, abominable, hateful, loathsome, abhorrent, heinous, detestable
- Synonym: fuafar
- gruesome
- ugly (unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss)
- foul (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gráiniúil | ghráiniúil | gráiniúla; ghráiniúla2 | |
| vocative | ghráiniúil | gráiniúla | ||
| genitive | gráiniúla | gráiniúla | gráiniúil | |
| dative | gráiniúil; ghráiniúil1 |
ghráiniúil | gráiniúla; ghráiniúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos gráiniúla | |||
| Superlative | is gráiniúla | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “gráiniúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gráinemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gráineaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 380
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráiniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN