graeip

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠeːpʲ/

Noun

graeip f (genitive singular graeipe, nominative plural graeipí)

1. Alternative form of graeipe (“graip, (digging-)fork”)
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117:

     Lα꞉n gre꞉pʹ də ꬶy꞉lʹαχ

     [lán graeip de dh’aoileach]

     a forkful of dung

Declension

Declension of graeip (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative graeip graeipí vocative a ghraeip a ghraeipí genitive graeipe graeipí dative graeip graeipí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghraeip na graeipí genitive na graeipe na ngraeipí dative leis an ngraeip don ghraeip leis na graeipí

Mutation

Mutated forms of graeip

radical	lenition	eclipsis
graeip	ghraeip	ngraeip

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