gránna

See also: granna

Irish

Alternative forms

• gránda (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish gránda (“ugly”), from gráin f (“awfulness”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̪ˠə/^[2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠaːn̪ˠə/^[3]

Adjective

gránna (comparative gránna or gráinne)

1. ugly, unattractive, unsightly
2. unpleasant, disagreeable
3. offensive, vile, repulsive
4. horrible, terrible

Declension

Declension of gránna

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gránna	ghránna	gránna; ghránna2
vocative	ghránna		gránna
genitive		gránna	gránna	gránna
dative	gránna; ghránna1	ghránna	gránna; ghránna2
Comparative	níos gránna
Superlative	is gránna

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

• Variant comparative form: gráinne

Derived terms

• gránnacht f (“ugliness”)
• físghránnán m (“video nasty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gránna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gránna	ghránna	ngránna

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

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gránda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 15, page 9

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gránna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN