gráin

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːnʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːnʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish gráin, from Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gràin. ==== Noun ==== gráin f (genitive singular gránach) hatred (strong aversion), detestation, abhorrence Tá an ghráin agam orthu. ― I detest them. ugliness, disfigurement Folaíonn grá gráin. (proverb) ― Love is blind. (literally, “Love veils ugliness.”) hatefulness, loathsomeness fearfulness, terror; ugly appearance ===== Declension ===== ===== 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 vocative/genitive singular of grán === Mutation === === References === == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaːnʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *gragnis (“disgust”). ==== Noun ==== gráin f 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 inflection of grán: vocative/genitive singular nominative plural === Mutation ===