anghrá

Irish

Alternative forms

• anghráchas

Etymology

From an- (“great, excessive”) +‎ grá (“love”).

Noun

anghrá m (genitive singular anghrá)

1. eroticism (quality of being erotic)

   Synonym: earótachas

Declension

Declension of anghrá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anghrá Vocative a anghrá Genitive anghrá Dative anghrá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-anghrá Genitive an anghrá Dative leis an anghrá don anghrá

Derived terms

• anghrách (“erotic”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anghrá	n-anghrá	hanghrá	t-anghrá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anghrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “eroticism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024