gráigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • grádhuigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish grádaigidir.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːɟ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡɾˠɑːj/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠaːj/

Verb

gráigh (present analytic gránn, future analytic gráfaidh, verbal noun grá, past participle gráite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) love, adore
    Gráim snámh sa samhradh.I love swimming in the summer.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gráigh ghráigh ngráigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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