gráinne

See also: grainne and gràinne

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)

1. grain
   1. single grain
      1. (hard) particle
   2. a small quantity of something, pinch

Declension

Declension of gráinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gráinne gráinní Vocative a ghráinne a ghráinní Genitive gráinne gráinní Dative gráinne gráinní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghráinne na gráinní Genitive na gráinne na ngráinní Dative leis an ngráinne don ghráinne leis na gráinní

• 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)

1. Synonym of gránnacht (“ugliness”)

Declension

Declension of gráinne

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ghráinne Genitive na gráinne Dative leis an ngráinne don ghráinne

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gráinne

1. (nonstandard) comparative degree of gránna

Mutation

Irish mutation
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