Gráinne

== Irish == === Etymology === Possibly a derivative of Old Irish grán (“grain”) if originally the name of an agricultural goddess or a derivative of Middle Irish gráin (“awfulness, horror”) if the original sense was “she who inspires terror”. === Pronunciation === (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/ (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠaːn̠ʲə/ === Proper noun === Gráinne f (genitive Ghráinne) (Irish mythology) Gráinne or Grania, the daughter of King Cormac mac Airt, one of the central figures in the stories Finn and Gráinne and The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. a female given name, traditionally anglicized as Grace, which is however etymologically unrelated. === Mutation === === References ===