Graonlainn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Norse Grœnland, from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

An Ghraonlainn f (genitive na Graonlainne)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

Declension of Graonlainn

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Graonlainn Vocative a Ghraonlainn Genitive Graonlainne Dative Graonlainn

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghraonlainn Genitive na Graonlainne Dative leis an nGraonlainn don Ghraonlainn

Derived terms

• Graonlannach (“Greenlandic”, adjective)
• Graonlannach m (“Greenlander”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Graonlainn	Ghraonlainn	nGraonlainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Greenland”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Graonlainn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm