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 dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

Declension of Graonlainn (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Graonlainn vocative a Ghraonlainn genitive Graonlainne dative Graonlainn forms with the definite article singular nominative an Ghraonlainn genitive na Graonlainne dative leis an nGraonlainn don Ghraonlainn

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of Graonlainn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Graonlainn	Ghraonlainn	nGraonlainn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Greenland”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Graonlainn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm