grá
Irish
Alternative forms
- grádh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish grád, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrātus.
Noun
grá m (genitive singular as substantive grá, genitive as verbal noun gráite)
Declension
- As substantive
Declension of grá
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- As verbal noun
Declension of grá
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- féinghrá m (“self-love”)
- folaíonn grá gráin (“love is blind”)
- grá don ailp m, grá na hailpe m (“cupboard love”)
- grámhar (“loving, tender, affectionate; lovable, amiable”, adjective)
- grá mo chroí m (“my love, my darling”, literally “love of my heart”)
- i ngrá (“in love”)
- scéal grá m (“love story”)
- tá grá agam dhuit, tá grá agam ort (“I love you”)
- tírghrá m (“patriotism”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| grá | ghrá | ngrá |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "grá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 grád?”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
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