gráinne
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”).
Noun
gráinne m (genitive singular gráinne, nominative plural gráinní)
Declension
Declension of gráinne
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Variant plural: gráinneacha
Derived terms
- gráinne piobair (“peppercorn”)
- cloch ghráinne (“granular stone; granite”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gráinne f (genitive singular gráinne)
- Synonym of gránnacht (“ugliness”)
Declension
Declension of gráinne
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
gráinne
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gráinne | ghráinne | ngráinne |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gráinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “grain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024