gráin

See also: grain, gràin, and gräin

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑːnʲ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠaːnʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gráin,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gràin.

Noun

gráin f (genitive singular gránach)

1. hatred (strong aversion), detestation, abhorrence

   Tá an ghráin agam orthu. ― I detest them.

2. ugliness, disfigurement

   Folaíonn grá gráin. (proverb) ― Love is blind. (literally, “Love veils ugliness.”)

3. hatefulness, loathsomeness
4. fearfulness, terror; ugly appearance

Declension

Declension of gráin (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative gráin vocative a ghráin genitive gránach dative gráin gránaigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article singular nominative an ghráin genitive na gránach dative leis an ngráin leis an ngránaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghráin don ghránaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• gráinigh (“to hate”)
• gráiniúil (“hateful, abhorrent”)

Related terms

• gránna (“ugly”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gráin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 380
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gráin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gráin

1. vocative/genitive singular of grán

Mutation

Mutated forms of gráin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gráin	ghráin	ngráin

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

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
2. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡraːnʲ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”).

Noun

gráin f

1. awfulness

Declension

Not well enough attested for the declension to be determined.

Derived terms

• gránda (“awful”)

Descendants

• Irish: gráin
• Manx: grayn
• Scottish Gaelic: gràin

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gráin

1. inflection of grán:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of gráin

radical	lenition	nasalization
gráin	gráin pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngráin

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