gràin

See also: grain, gráin, and gräin

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gráin,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *grā̆gnis (“disgust”). Compare Irish gráin.

Noun

gràin f (genitive singular gràine)

1. hate, hatred, disgust

Derived terms

• gràin-cinnidh

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gràin	ghràin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language