gráinne

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːɲɪ/ (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːnʲə/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish gráinne, from grán (“seed”) + -ne (singulative). ==== Noun ==== gráinne m (genitive singular gráinne, nominative plural gráinní) grain (hard) particle pinch (small quantity) ===== Declension ===== Variant plural: gráinneacha ===== Derived terms ===== cloch ghráinne gráinne piobair gráinnín === Etymology 2 === gránna +‎ -e ==== Noun ==== gráinne f (genitive singular gráinne) synonym of gránnacht (“ugliness”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== gráinne (nonstandard) comparative degree of gránna === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gráinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gráinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gráinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language “grain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026